From owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Fri Jan 9 17:44:41 2004 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by dkuug.dk (8.12.10/8.9.2) id i09Gif8N078763 for sc22wg5-domo; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 17:44:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk) X-Authentication-Warning: ptah.dkuug.dk: majordom set sender to owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk using -f Received: from taka.swcp.com (taka.swcp.com [198.59.115.12]) by dkuug.dk (8.12.10/8.9.2) with ESMTP id i09GiVCm078758 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 17:44:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from walt@fortran.com) Received: from fortran.com (pcp05598289pcs.sabrna01.az.comcast.net [68.37.91.178]) by taka.swcp.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i09GiaEa080995 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 09:44:37 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <3FFEDA2C.2000306@fortran.com> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 09:43:24 -0700 From: Walt Brainerd User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: wg5 sc22 Subject: A new programming language Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on kaimen.swcp.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.61 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Score: 0 () Sender: owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Precedence: bulk From HPCWire for those that don't see it. The article didn't say anything more about the language. It is too bad that developers of so-called modern langauges can't get away from the semicolons-and-braces low level syntax. I've always thought it ironic that the C-shell is like Fortran, not C, in this regard. Maybe it's because the Sun "executives" are developing the language 8^). [ ] 106740 ) SUN SEEKS TO SIMPLIFY HPC APPLICATIONS.......................2.1K A new run-time environment and programming language similar to Java is being developed by Sun Microsystems executives. The executives believe the new developments could greatly simplify the programming of HPC applications. -- Walt Brainerd +1-877-355-6640 (voice & fax) The Fortran Company +1-520-760-1397 (outside USA) 6025 N. Wilmot Road walt@fortran.com Tucson, AZ 85750 USA http://www.fortran.com