Subj : Re: RIP Niklaus Wirth
To   : Dr. What
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Jan 12 2024 06:30 am

-=> Dr. What wrote to Blue White <=-

 -=> Blue White wrote to tenser <=-

 DW> Which is why those old languages are still out there.  FORTRAN, for
 DW> example, is still used and has been updated.  I think we're up to
 DW> FORTRAN 90 now.

 I remember when they "Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN" book became
 "Numerical Recipes in C". C seemed like the wrong language for the
 higher-level stuff that FORTRAN did well.




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