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November 19, 2005
Fortress
I really need to look deeper into Fortress. The recent discussion on LtU serves as a reminder. As a bonus the language spec has been updated.
This is supposed to be a better-than-Java (yes, I know, oh so hard) programming language for doing scientific computation. But Guy Steele is working on it, and some other smart people, and it looks like this one might actually be better. It might even displace Fortran! It might also compete with Matlab, Maple and Mathematica (for non-symbolic work anyways). And it is attempting at least one paradigm shift: units. For that alone, this language is worth keeping an eye on.
Posted by Carette at November 19, 2005 10:44 AM