Dear Neven, Thanks
I know what I should do now. I think I better to learn some algorithm than programming lanuage itself. Regards Leigh -----Original Message----- From: "Neven MacEwan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 22:59:19 +1300 Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] Fortran > Leigh > > Fortran - ie Formula Translator, is probably best described as the Big > brother > of Basic (Beginners AllPurpose Symbolic Instruction Code), It was the > computer > language of engineers, There is probably a huge amount of stuff on the > internet > about fortran but it would not be a language I'd spend time > remembering, In > those > days there was Cobol and Fortran and the fact that people still use > Cobol > (something something Business Oriented Language) and nobody uses > Fortran is > indicative of the fact that engineers are smarter than accountants (and > therefore > know when to move on) > > HTH > > Neven > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leigh Wanstead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:09 PM > Subject: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] Fortran > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I thought that someone on this list might offer me some insight > information. > > > > I have moved from Kylix to C++ by using gcc on Linux. By reading the > gcc > > manual, I noticed that gcc support Fortran language. I never learn > Fortran > > before, and I am always interesting to learn a new programming > language > > and add to my skill set 8 ) if I have nothing to do. > > > > My question is compare to Delphi, C, C++, Java, is Fortran easier to > > learn? Is it useful in modern programming world now? > > > > TIA > > > > Regards > > Leigh _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
