Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site ea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ea!mwm From: mwm@ea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: RE: Unix for physicists (attn:finn) - (nf) Message-ID: <9900002@ea.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jun-84 01:42:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ea.9900002 Posted: Mon Jun 18 01:42:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 07:23:31 EDT References: <90@utastro.UUCP> Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:utastro:-9000:ea:9900002:000:477 Nf-From: ea!mwm Jun 18 00:42:00 1984 #R:utastro:-9000:ea:9900002:000:477 ea!mwm Jun 18 00:42:00 1984 /***** ea:net.physics / mit-eddi!nessus / 12:46 am Jun 14, 1984 */ I believe that society cannot afford to base any of its computation on ANY Fortran. -- -Doug Alan /* ---------- */ What would you have us use? Second question: how do I convince the engineers around here (we do work that peoples *lives* depend on) to change to what you would have us use? Third question: will you put the language up (in a suitably vectorizing form) on the Cray we use at NCAR?