Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:2275 comp.arch:7445 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!deimos!uxc!tank!mimsy!aplcen!osiris!consult From: consult@osiris.UUCP (Unix Consultation Mailbox ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.arch Subject: Re: Assembly or .... Message-ID: <2484@osiris.UUCP> Date: 2 Dec 88 22:15:47 GMT References: <1388@aucs.UUCP> <729@convex.UUCP> <1961@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> <2416@osiris.UUCP> <1037@l.cc.purdue.edu> Reply-To: consult@osiris.UUCP (Unix Consultation Mailbox (Phil)) Organization: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Information Systems Lines: 27 In article <1037@l.cc.purdue.edu> cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes: >[lots of stuff in reply to my reply to his reply to Doug Gwyn's reply to >his original posting] I'd like to thank Herman publicly for taking the time to gently correct my misreading of his postings. He's certainly asking for some unusual programming constructs, and I'm more and more convinced that he's got a good case. I'm also more and more convinced that he's describing a brand new HLL which would make mathematical programming a horse of a very different color for folks like him. (The usual comments about the inherent unsuitability of digital computers for complicated mathematical computation rear their ugly head but I'm going to ignore them for the nonce.) Maybe Herman should get together with an experience language designer or two and try to come up with something. I for one would be interested in hearing how it turned out. I guess my current job (providing tools to support the development of reliable, regular information systems) has really blinded me to the differing needs of other computer users.. I'll need to consider other angles the next time I put my foot into one of these discussions... Phil Kos Information Systems ...!uunet!pyrdc!osiris!phil The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD