22 Jun
2004
22 Jun
'04
1:31 p.m.
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 ... )