[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/24/2018 8:42 AM, Paul Sture wrote:
> On 2018-01-24, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 1/23/2018 3:17 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <p45v88$1u3q$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
>>> <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>>> Languages needed for old stuff:
>>>>
>>>> Fortran - HP/VSI, will be ported
>>>
>>>> Languages needed for new stuff:
>>>
>>> Hey!  One can write new code in Fortran!
>>
>> You can.
>>
>> But if you look at 1000 new applications how many of them will
>> actually be in Fortran?
> 
> If you look at the scientific and High Performance world, Fortran
> is still in use.
> 
> There is of course lots of existing Fortran 77 code, but Fortran 77
> apparently still has a distinct performance advantage over later
> versions, so it is used for new programs as well.
> 
>> My guess: most likely none, maybe one or two.
> 
> Probably more if you confine your search to the sector which uses
> Fortran already.

Fortran usage will be high in HPC world.

But I believe HPC is a very small part of overall IT.

Arne