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From: iwm@icdoc.UUCP (Ian Moor)
Newsgroups: net.lang
Subject: Re: What language do you use for scientific programming?
Message-ID: <247@ivax.icdoc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 16:57:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: ivax.247
Posted: Mon Sep 23 16:57:26 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 03:49:12 EDT
References: <909@oddjob.UUCP> <3130001@csd2.UUCP> <59@opus.UUCP>
Reply-To: iwm@icdoc.UUCP (Ian Moor)
Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK.
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In article <59@opus.UUCP> rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) writes:
>> Algol 68 is the right language for scientific programming. Rich operators,
>It has everything C does except available implementations, interfaces to

Come on ! What about:
Two portable implementations : ALGOL 68C and ALGOL68 68RS working on IBM
and DEC kit, 
One manufacturer supported full (including PAR BEGIN END & SEMAPHORES) 
implementation :  CDC 
A usable subset on PDP11 '68S

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Ian W Moor
                                   
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 Imperial College.           Poop-poop-poopy, and it was even so; and the days
 180 Queensgate              of Poopy Panda were long in the land.
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