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Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? [message #36500]

Mon, 22 September 2003 11:18

Duane Bozarth
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Registered: September 2003

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Duane Bozarth wrote:
>
> Richard Maine wrote:
>>
>> Duane Bozarth <dp_bozarth@swko.dot.net> writes:
>>
>>> Well, since F77 there is little that has actually been removed and a
>>> major consideration (as is evidenced in converstions in c.l.f) is
>>> maintaining compatability w/existing code. In practice, virtually
>>> nothing is ever removed from a commercial compiler although most have
>>> switches to allow specific standard level violations to be flagged...
>>
>> Note that the "since f77" applies to the whole paragraph. Whether
>> you intended it to or not, I'm unsure; but it needs to.
>
> Yes, I <did> intend that--hopefully it wasn't <too> unclear, but
> undoubtedly wise to comment/amplify...
>
> I was, admittedly, making an implicit assumption that there really are
> few pre-F77 compilers around, which is, not <necessarily> globally true,
> but for a new language on what was specified to be for "Wintel/Lintel"
> only platforms figured that wouldn't be a stretch.

Although on re-reading Phil's posting, <maybe> the fairly substantial
differences from pre- and post-F77 are specifically what he is referring
to and my reading was perhaps(?) too narrow...

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		Re: What does an optimal scientific programming language/environment need? By: Duane Bozarth on Mon, 22 September 2003 11:18
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