[Info-vax] VSI Community License Program - x86

[bill]

On 4/12/2023 8:18 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.

You obviously missed the first line of my comment.  And, while not
all business needs decimal data types there are business applications
that will require floating point.  The problem with engineers writing
business applications is not just language choice but their inability
to even understand the problem.

bill