On Tue, 13 May 2014 00:33:47 -0500, Mark H Harris wrote: > there has to be a value add for scientists to move away from R or > Matlab, or from FORTRAN. Why go to the trouble? FORTRAN works well (its > fast too), and there are zillions of lines of code cranking away on huge > linear arrays. Enter Julia... over the next ten years; seriously. > Because of the value adds! > > Why?, glad you asked. Enter self modifying code for one.
Self-modifying code is a nightmare inside the head of a Lovecraftian horror. There's a reason why almost the only people still using self- modifying code are virus writers, and the viruses they create are notorious for being buggy. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
