"Nobody programs in machine language" (was: Modern

From: Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner <spc_at_conman.org>
Date: Tue Jun 22 20:31:33 2004

It was thus said that the Great Teo Zenios once stated:
>
> I had to program in Fortran on a mainframe for an engineering class back in
> 1989-90. I always wondered who the heck still did work with Fortran at that
> point. Nothing like writing a program that computed multiple chemical
> reactions in .003 seconds of computer time and then having to wait 20
> minutes for a printout to see if it worked or not. I guess its better then
> tying up a 286 machine for hours doing the same calculations.

  A friend of mine just finished up his doctorate in Physics, and his
dissertation required extensive programming in Fortran. So it's still in
use.

  -spc (Remembers taking Fortan in college ... )
Received on Tue Jun 22 2004 - 20:31:33 BST