[comp.lang.scheme] Scheme, Algol, Fortran vs. C for numerical work

gumby@Cygnus.COM (David Vinayak Wallace) (12/14/90)

   Date: 13 Dec 90 08:49:16 GMT
   From: prentice@hydra.unm.edu (Colston Chandler PHYSICS)

   Whatever did happen to Algol?  You see alot of the old ACM
   algorithms programmed in it and it looked rather interesting.  I
   can remember seeing satellite ephemeris programs written in it 20
   years ago, but you never hear of it anymore.

You picked the right group to ask.  If you liked algol you'll probably
like scheme (definitely a modern decendent).

And if you are interested in ephemeres you might find it
ironic that scheme was used to program the Digital Orrery.