On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 21:47 +1100, Miroslav Pokorny wrote: [ . . . ] > > Scientists dont worry about what language or notations etc their > material is in, nor do they constantly strive to reinvent new means to > express their work.
This statement is wrong, fundamentally wrong. As a person who once was in the theoretical particle physics area, I can assure you that scientists care very much about the language and notations used for expressions of models and experimental results. Moreover there is a constant striving for better representations. In particle, there have been many different forms of expression over the years using different modelling systems. All mathematics, obviously, but various different branches of it. [ . . . ] > By using java i can reuse more libraries than on other platforms or > languages because its a better fit. But high performance computation stuff will still be done in Fortran and C++. If you are happy to exclude practicing your software development activity in those areas then restricting yourself to the JVM is fine. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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