Galileo wrote in Italian in *Opera Il Saggiatore* [The universe] cannot be read until we have learnt the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and the letters are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without which means it is humanly impossible to comprehend a single word.
On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 10:55 PM Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ >
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