[FRIAM] Programming Languages

[Russell Standish]

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.



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