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In article <1992Aug21.144444.11414@ncsu.edu> jwb@eos.ncsu.edu writes:
!Mike Coughlin writes:
	[...Fortran works...]

!Of course one can express "scientific and mathematical computations"
!in Fortran, C, TeX, PostScript, etc.  However, the tremendous interest
!in "object-oriented" programming among engineers and scientists shows
!that they have finally come to realize that the structure and
!organization of data are important---not exactly one of Fortran's
!strong points.                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Have you taken a look at Fortran-90 lately?  If you have, you'll have
noted that the structure and organization of data are indeed strong
points in F90.  As far as the recent (1980-present) fashionable
interest in object-oriented this-and-that, F90 supports data-hiding via
modules, generic subprograms, operator and function overloading...

F90 is not a 'small language', but it is an excellent tool in its
appropriate application domain (science and engineering).  People seem
to be especially reluctant to 'update' their opinions regarding
Fortran, and casting the baby out with the bathwater is all too
common.

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!John Baugh
!jwb@eos.ncsu.edu


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