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Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? [message #36505 is a reply to message #36427]

Mon, 22 September 2003 08:26

phil chastney
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Registered: September 2003

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"grunes" <grunes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 5. 100% upwards compatibility with earlier versions of the same
> language/environment, and between platforms.

I don't see this as either necessary or desirable -- Fortran has survived so
well precisely because of its ability to move the language definition sideways,
without being shackled to earlier imperfections

regards . . . /phil

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		What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: grunes on Fri, 19 September 2003 11:29
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: bjorn on Tue, 23 September 2003 04:11
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: José Rui Faustino d[1] on Mon, 22 September 2003 10:37
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: phil chastney on Mon, 22 September 2003 08:26
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: phil chastney on Mon, 22 September 2003 08:19
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: Duane Bozarth on Mon, 22 September 2003 06:53
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: Gary L. Scott on Sun, 21 September 2003 14:46
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: Paul Chapman on Mon, 22 September 2003 05:03
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: bjorn on Mon, 22 September 2003 03:26
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: phil chastney on Sun, 21 September 2003 12:56
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: R.G. Stockwell on Sun, 21 September 2003 12:16
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: Ken Plotkin on Sun, 21 September 2003 10:16
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: grunes on Sat, 27 September 2003 19:11
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: donotreply on Thu, 02 October 2003 17:08
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: bv on Wed, 01 October 2003 18:01
		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: phil chastney on Thu, 25 September 2003 05:45

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