On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 11:13:36AM -0600, Prof David West wrote: > > For specific domains, a language that allows easy, straightforward expression > of domain concepts is superior. COBOL for business applications, FORTRAN > (FORTRESS, Guy Steele's parallel FORTRAN) for physics, and some intentional > DSL's.
I disagree with Fortran being ideal for Physics - probably some combination of Python or Julia would be. Actually, I'm hard pressed to find an obvious niche for Fortran these days - C++ is now a better language for High Performance Computing applications, for instance. Fortran has hung around in certain areas for cultural reasons. Can't comment too much about Cobol for business applications, but I would have thought Java or C# might be more suited. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders [email protected] http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
