From vsnyder@vanpc.jpl.nasa.gov Tue May 23 21:06:31 2000 Received: from vanpc.jpl.nasa.gov (IDENT:root@vanpc.jpl.nasa.gov [137.79.7.57]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id VAA65090 for ; Tue, 23 May 2000 21:06:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from vsnyder@vanpc.jpl.nasa.gov) Received: from vanpc.jpl.nasa.gov (IDENT:vsnyder@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vanpc.jpl.nasa.gov (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA14438 for ; Tue, 23 May 2000 12:09:47 -0700 Message-Id: <200005231909.MAA14438@vanpc.jpl.nasa.gov> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.3 To: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk Subject: 90% use it Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 12:09:47 -0700 From: Van Snyder Tim Butler wrote: > Interestingly, the "90% use it" argument could also be used to argue > that J3 ought to be shut down in favor of C/C++. ;-) I've heard the statistic that more people are programming in Fortran than ever before, and that a smaller fraction of programmers are using Fortran than ever before. One could pick which statistic one wants to use to justify a previously held opinion concerning the continued activities of J3 and WG5. (I don't mean to imply that I know what Tim's previously held opinion is, or that he has one.) Best regards, Van Snyder