wjones@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Wendell E Jones) (05/12/89)
I was wondering .. Do companys out there in the real world still use fortran. * W.E.Jones A.K.A. The Ronin |"I'm a certified nut * * U.S.Mail 91 Ackerson St. Hackensack New Jersey 07601| with a history of * * "Nan ja desu karma ka? Karma desu karma. Neh?" | violence!!!" * * "Lesson #1: Never no never underestimate your own stupitity"| M. Keaton *
jlg@lanl.gov (Jim Giles) (05/12/89)
From article <May.11.21.46.14.1989.11269@galaxy.rutgers.edu>, by wjones@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Wendell E Jones): > > I was wondering .. Do companys out there in the real world still > use fortran. By a recent survey in ComputerWorld (or some such newsprint style mag) Fortran is the third most common language on mainframes (second to COBOL and to RPG II). All other languages were clumped under the label "others" which represented a smaller share than any of the first three by itself.
spl@mcnc.org (Steve Lamont) (05/12/89)
In article <May.11.21.46.14.1989.11269@galaxy.rutgers.edu> wjones@andromeda (the ronin) writes: > > I was wondering .. Do companys out there in the real world still > use fortran. I don't know about companies, but most of the scientists that I work with use it regularly. Most of the heavyweight engineering codes I know of are written in FORTRAN, as well. ANSYS, NASTRAN, GAUSSIAN 8x, are all written in FORTRAN. Anything having to do with supercomputers is likely written in FORTRAN (hell, I know of one supercomputer *operating system* which is written in a dialect of FORTRAN). I'm not sure whether this is responsive to your question or not but FORTRAN is still quite alive and kicking out in the "real" (or perhaps double precision :-) world!
khb%chiba@Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - SPD Languages Marketing -- MTS) (05/16/89)
In article <May.11.21.46.14.1989.11269@galaxy.rutgers.edu> wjones@andromeda (the ronin) writes: > > I was wondering .. Do companys out there in the real world still > use fortran. >* W.E.Jones A.K.A. The Ronin |"I'm a certified nut * >* U.S.Mail 91 Ackerson St. Hackensack New Jersey 07601| with a history of * >* "Nan ja desu karma ka? Karma desu karma. Neh?" | violence!!!" * >* "Lesson #1: Never no never underestimate your own stupitity"| M. Keaton * Well, we (Sun) are selling lots of Fortran compilers ... so there is serious interest in compiling codes :> From the questions we get asked by customers, it would appear that there is serious development work going on. Having been on the customer side until the last couple of years, I know that we did all development in Fortran for a variety of reasons: 1) always available on target system 2) most portable (if used in a disiplined fashion) 3) best quality of optimization on sophisticated systems. Now that I am a vendor, I fully appreciate why #3 is not likely to change in my lifetime. The next rev of X3.9 (the ISO token for Fortran) provides a nice growth path for the language, all things considered. When the start of the public review period is known, it will be posted here (with instructions in how to get a copy). If you don't mind learning about the OLD proposal, Metcalf and Reid's book "Fortran 8x Explained" is much better reading. The standard itself is not meant for humans :> M&R will have a revised edition; but it is not likely to come out before public review is over. My personal recomendation is to get the book now; get the standard later and then comment as required. Cheerio. Keith H. Bierman |*My thoughts are my own. Only my work belongs to Sun* It's Not My Fault | Marketing Technical Specialist ! kbierman@sun.com I Voted for Bill & | Languages and Performance Tools. Opus (* strange as it may seem, I do more engineering now *)