[Info-vax] VSI Community License Program - x86

[bill]

On 4/11/2023 5:47 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> bill  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/10/2023 7:09 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>
>>> Some of the stuff added in the layers after fortran90 have been
>>> messy, like pointers.  Engineers shouldn't be allowed to touch
>>> pointers.
>>
>> There are many things engineers should  not be allowed to touch.
>> Another would be writing business applications in Fortran.  But
>> that's probably a story for another time.  :-)
> 
> I can understand how folks like quants who want to do real math might
> want to be using fortran for business applications.  Unfortunately it
> doesn't have money types, but you can always use integer and do some
> fancy stuff to add the decimal point.

Not all business involves money.  Inventory, people, educational
data, etc.  But even without the money Fortran is not really the
right language for the job.

bill