[Info-vax] Is C++ good in scientific computation? Why did Fortran lose its popularity?

[Andy Burns]

Scott Dorsey wrote:

> Mark Berryman  <mark at theberrymans.com> wrote:
>
>> It appears that Apple has decided that PHP is unsafe.  You get the
>> following message when invoking PHP in Big Sur:
>>
>> % /usr/bin/php -v
>> WARNING: PHP is not recommended
>> PHP is included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software.
>> Future versions of macOS will not include PHP.
>> PHP 7.3.24-(to be removed in future macOS) (cli) (built: Nov 23 2020
>> 06:45:16) ( NTS ) 
> 
> I am glad to hear it.  PHP is unsafe.

In the past, PHP had unsafe options enabled by default, e.g. 
register_globals

Now that hasn't been true for a long time, unfortunately some systems 
implemented in PHP require turning register_globals back on to work ...