Well, if interpreted "properly", which I admit is probably not the
intention of the authors, the statement is true. The programs in question
were written in FORTRAN 77 (and perhaps not always standard-conforming),
which is obsolete, having been replaced by FORTRAN 95. Although FORTRAN 77
is contained in FORTRAN 95, I think much of FORTRAN 77 can still be fairly
described as "almost obsolete".
Wes
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Alberto Fasso' wrote:
> The following is taken from the June 2002 issue of the CERN Courier, a
> monthly magazine dedicated to High Energy Physics.
>
> A version on line can be found on:
> http://www.cerncourier.com/main/article/42/5/17
>
> "Simulation programs play a fundamental role in optimizing the design
> of particle physics experiments. In the development of reconstruction
> programs, they provide the necessary input in the form of simulated
> raw data. In the analysis process they are required to understand the
> systematic effects resulting from detector resolution and acceptance,
> as well as the influence of background processes. The predecessors of
> the Geant4 toolkit - which were written in the now ALMOST OBSOLETE
> FORTRAN LANGUAGE..."
>
> How many times do we hear similar statements, expressed as if they
> were uncontroversial truths?
>
> Alberto Fassò
>
>
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