Language change and code breaks

[Grant Edwards]

In article <cp7kwyqfce.fsf at cj20424-a.reston1.va.home.com>, Guido van Rossum wrote:

>How did engineers cope with Fortran?

By swearing through gritted teath.  :)

>Fortran has long been the preferred language for engineers, after C.S. folks
>moved on to C and C++...

"Cope" is exactly the correct verb.  You cope with arthritis because you've
got no choice. Much the same is true of Fortran.  You use it because there's
nothing else you can do.  First because the alternative was assembly. Later,
because you need complex math and the other languages available don't
support it. Finally you've got a huge existing library of routines and no
time to re-write them all in something else.

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