[FRIAM] Programming Languages

[Roger Frye]

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 <lists at hpcoders.com.au>
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.
>
>
>
> --
>
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