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From: gary@ncar.ucar.EDU (Gary Strand)
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Subject: Re: MEL - A *Real* Programmer
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Date: 2 Nov 90 17:34:20 GMT
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>  chuck@mitlns.mit.edu
>> Tony J Yeates

>> Isn't Fortran a bit "girlie" for a "Real Programmer"?

> The list goes on but I hope I've made my point. Which is *not* about what
> is the best language, but that there are lot of programming gods programing
> in fortran.

  NCAR is also a case in point. Here, practically all of the millions of
  lines of code is in FORTRAN. For example, a scientist in my group has
  a global ocean model, 1/2 degree by 1/2 degree resolution (721 x 282)
  and 20 vertical layers that can scoot along at over 1 gigaflop on a
  Cray Y-MP.

  I'm not even talking about the thunderstorm and CCM models that we have
  here, all in FORTRAN.
-- 
Gary Strand                                        Look, it's trying to think.
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