On Feb 19, 2004, at 5:41 PM, Jing Guo wrote:
> A friend of mine pointed me to the following website:
>
> "PETITION TO RETIRE FORTRAN"
> I wonder what people on this list think about those statements.
I mostly think it is a bunch of uninformed whining not worth
replying to in detail... so I won't. As someone else said, what
does "retire Fortran" mean? Particularly as it is allegedly
addressed at J3. Is J3 supposed to send a goon squad after everyone
that continues using the language?
And whatever it means, what purpose would this allegedly achieve?
Stopping other people from getting work done? I see nobody forcing
the author to use Fortran. I'm always very leery of people who go
on crusades whose sole purpose is to force other people to do or
not do something that has no obvious effect on the crusader... but
I veer dangerously close to current US political issues here. :-(
No, I see nothing here worth discussing. My disagreements with the
material aside, this is nothing put a publicly posted whine. And I note
that it has no options for discussion or anything - just sign your
name or not. If the author actually thinks this has any constructive
use, then I'd say he is as misinformed about matters other than just
Fortran.
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