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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: bda4de328f,e67cdb1dcad3c668 X-Google-Attributes: gidbda4de328f,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!feed118.news.tele.dk!dotsrc.org!filter.dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.pl1 Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered "too specialized" for scientific use References: <4bb9c72c$0$6990$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <4bba8bf1$0$56418$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4bbb2246$8$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <4bbb5386$0$56422$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4bbdf5c6$1$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <4c0a2e36$0$34205$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4c0b234f$1$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:34:09 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Martin Krischik" Organization: Martin Krischik, Softwareentwicklung Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.53 (MacIntel) NNTP-Posting-Host: 89.236.175.138 X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk DXC=09B:[ZFl8\P5dE91CT5^XYYSB=nbEKnk[Lk>VcI2_6Z]IDiY_4:UK?Sd3Nai^>E:QM5T2e^5VLiC>9V`o`f@SmY3g\ X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11384 comp.lang.fortran:24115 comp.lang.pl1:1390 Date: 2010-06-07T07:34:09+02:00 List-Id: Am 07.06.2010, 02:18 Uhr, schrieb J. Clarke : > On 6/6/2010 7:01 PM, Gib Bogle wrote: >> Martin Krischik wrote: >>> Am 06.06.2010, 17:19 Uhr, schrieb J. Clarke : >>> >>>> On 6/6/2010 12:25 AM, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote: >>> >>>> What do you believe to be the difference between machine code and >>>> assembler? >>> >>> 6502 Assembler: >>> >>> LDA #10 >>> >>> 6502 Machine code: >>> >>> A9 10 >>> >>> Any more silly questions? >> >> Yes. What relevance does this have for Fortran? > > None at all, but it's fun to torment the "I program in machine code > because it gives me more control than assembler" crowd. Maybe the talk about one of those advanced *macro* assemblers ;-). Now that is a different story. Martin -- Martin Krischik mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/users/krischik