Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: java developers Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 14:42:09 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <32752303.88.1322663566686.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prfx15> <4ed94b43$0$281$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4ed961ee$0$281$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1322923329 1304 84.45.235.129 (3 Dec 2011 14:42:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 14:42:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10468 On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:40:27 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote: > On 12/2/2011 5:30 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: >> On 12/2/2011 2:03 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>>> Not entirely true. There are plenty of COBOL programmers out there >>>> who don't need much of a second language. There are AnySingleLanguage >>>> programmer career tracks that are long and boring. >>> >>> I think Cobol is the only language so far that have been able to cover >>> an entire worklife as mainstream language. >> >> What about Fortran? > > I don't think there are enough Fortran jobs today to ensure a career. > Did the NAG library ever get translated from Fortran to another language, e.g. C ? I remember some years ago hearing that the cost of doing that translation and associated revalidation would prevent serious numeric work ever migrating away from Fortran. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |