A similar remark was made to me by David Blow, while he was on sabbatical at UNC in the 1980s, working with the UNC Computer Science Department and in a moment of intense frustration with the overpowering ignorance of fortran and the enthusiasm for Unix exhibited by that department.
Charlie On Sep 12, 2012, at 10:58 AM, DUMAS Philippe (UDS) wrote: > This remembers me a discussion I had with Jorge Navaza, let's say 15 years > ago, about the programming language of the future. > (To a good approximation, 15 years ago, the future was now) > The answer by Jorge was: "I don't know what it will be, but I know it's name > will be FORTRAN". > I hope he will confirm the statement... > Philippe Dumas
