From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6609c40f81b32989 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,9bdec20bcc7f3687 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,gid8d3408f8c3,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!news.mixmin.net!feeder.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Warren Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered "too specialized" for scientific use Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:45:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <4bb9c72c$0$6990$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <4bbb3f22$0$7660$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> Injection-Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:45:14 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: feeder.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9f8M0iN5t54V+4DF/iqO8g"; logging-data="17917"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+DeJ4piLrSlnkQiyAJ5NVzsYzvKDGjt6Y=" User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 X-Face: &6@]C2>ZS=NM|HE-^zWuryN#Z/2_.s9E|G&~DRi|sav9{E}XQJb*\_>=a5"q]\%A;5}LKP][1mA{gZ,Q!j Cancel-Lock: sha1:HFlpXxf2yzJFgyDSwaNheH8Fs0I= Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:10870 comp.lang.fortran:24513 Date: 2010-04-06T20:45:14+00:00 List-Id: Sebastian Hanigk expounded in news:hpfsf8$495$1@news.lrz-muenchen.de: > Warren writes: > >> Obviously Fortran persists because of existing code base and >> those that only "know" that. But egads, the current rendition >> of Fortran seem to have so many "bags on the side" and is >> downright "butt ugly". Why anyone would want to continue >> to wallow in that swill, is beyond me. Ada as a language OTOH, >> is so nice and clean by comparison. > > I won't even start with your puny attempts at a language crusade, .... > Sebastian Wooo-oooo, aren't we snubby today. Warren