[Info-vax] VSI Community License Program - x86

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-04-12, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

Agreed.

You need COBOL, DIBOL, or another language with decimal data types
in order to do business applications. If, in 2023, you try writing
a business application using floating point numbers, you don't
understand the requirements for such applications.

Simon.

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