But you can't get rid of it: many of the engineers that developed the
code have calculated their last structural element tensor, pocketed their
slide rule, and moved on to wherever engineers go (there are definite
theological debates over the fates of engineers vs. non-engineers ;-) )...
but the new guys with the fresh engineering degrees are not always ready
to do away with something that seems to do the calculations correctly.
So they do teach something useful in school these days. If it ain't
broke, don't fix it! Converting it to a PC is an acadamic exercise,
unless it adds some value, like new functions.
--
Bruce Black
Senior Software Developer
Innovation Data Processing
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