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Needed more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s Turns In troth, the Fortran programming language is well suited for those persons who are scientific and who engineer. Named so for the phrase “Formula Translation,” it is a language exquisite for programming machines. into In troth, the Fortran programming language is well suited for thoſe perſons who are scientific and who engineer. Named so for the phraſe “Formula T…
I'm thoroughly surprised to see that Fortran is still being updated (with an upgrade still in the works for next year apperantly). I had no idea. I'll give it a shot as it seems interesting to at least have worked in it a bit, but I do wonder, where is Fortran used these days? A quick glance at Tiobe[1] shows that it scored a bit higher than Haskell, Scala and Kotlin. Can anyone explain me why? [1]: https://www.tiobe…
Also, as a language, there isn't much to it. If you're already familiar with the basics of programming, you can learn most of what there is to know about Fortran 77 in an afternoon, and pick up later additions to the language as you go. In physics, where the focus is getting grad-students to a point where they can do research quickly, having a language they don't have to spend a month figuring out is an advantage.
Author missed a trick by not using a font with a long S. Also had some trouble declining thee/thou/thy, which is admittedly hard for a modern speaker.
What were the issues with the declensions?
I believe "thou doth do" should just be "thou doth" but I could be mistaken about what "doth" is. :)
I'm thoroughly surprised to see that Fortran is still being updated (with an upgrade still in the works for next year apperantly). I had no idea. I'll give it a shot as it seems interesting to at least have worked in it a bit, but I do wonder, where is Fortran used these days? A quick glance at Tiobe[1] shows that it scored a bit higher than Haskell, Scala and Kotlin. Can anyone explain me why? [1]: https://www.tiobe…
I'm thoroughly surprised to see that Fortran is still being updated (with an upgrade still in the works for next year apperantly). I had no idea. I'll give it a shot as it seems interesting to at least have worked in it a bit, but I do wonder, where is Fortran used these days? A quick glance at Tiobe[1] shows that it scored a bit higher than Haskell, Scala and Kotlin. Can anyone explain me why? [1]: https://www.tiobe…
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What were the issues with the declensions?
Not the parent, but "your machine" should probably be "thy machine." "Thou compiler" should be "thy compiler." In general, mapping from 3rd to 2nd person, "he" = "thou", "him" = "thee", and "his" = "thy." I believe "thou doth do" should just be "thou doth" but I could be mistaken about what "doth" is. :)
I'm thoroughly surprised to see that Fortran is still being updated (with an upgrade still in the works for next year apperantly). I had no idea. I'll give it a shot as it seems interesting to at least have worked in it a bit, but I do wonder, where is Fortran used these days? A quick glance at Tiobe[1] shows that it scored a bit higher than Haskell, Scala and Kotlin. Can anyone explain me why? [1]: https://www.tiobe…
It is also the only language I'm aware of that has a special syntax for distributed memory [1], making parallel distributed computing potentially extremely convenient.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What were the issues with the declensions?
Not the parent, but "your machine" should probably be "thy machine." "Thou compiler" should be "thy compiler." In general, mapping from 3rd to 2nd person, "he" = "thou", "him" = "thee", and "his" = "thy." I believe "thou doth do" should just be "thou doth" but I could be mistaken about what "doth" is. :)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What were the issues with the declensions?
Not the parent, but "your machine" should probably be "thy machine." "Thou compiler" should be "thy compiler." In general, mapping from 3rd to 2nd person, "he" = "thou", "him" = "thee", and "his" = "thy." I believe "thou doth do" should just be "thou doth" but I could be mistaken about what "doth" is. :)
Modern German has separate formal and informal pronouns ("du bist" vs. "Sie sind") and verbs. English used to have them too ("thou art"/"you are"). Even though people assume "thou" is more formal, it's actually the informal/intimate version.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou
Apparently we (~Angles/Saxons) also used to have a separate tense for "a group of exactly two of you" and words like "both" (vs all) and "either" (vs any) are residual traces of this.