Python 3 is killing Python
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Wed Aug 6 14:42:54 EDT 2014
On 8/6/2014 9:47 AM, beliavsky at aol.com.dmarc.invalid wrote:
> Fortran compiler vendors such as Intel, IBM, Oracle/SUN and open
*Vendors* sell compilers for money, which they can then use to *pay*
people to do unfun stuff that volunteers don't want and should not have
to do.
Actually, I am beginning to think that 2.7 should be split off for 3.x
development and charged for.
> source projects such as gfortran are updating their compilers to the
> Fortran 2003 and 2008 standards while also keeping the ability to
> compile all the old Fortran code. FORTRAN 77 programmers and programs
According to https://gcc.gnu.org/fortran/ , gfortran is a standard
Fortran 95 compiler with legacy (F77) support where practical and
'significant' F2003 and F2008 support. Since it is free, one takes what
one gets.
In multiple ways, Gfortran, as a whole, is significantly simpler to
develop than Python. It is an alternate front end to the gcc compiler (a
very smart decision). The GNU projects distributes source code, which I
presume consists of C code aimed at the GCC compiler.
> will not be forced to move to modern Fortran, but I'm not sure that
> Python 2.x users can be as confident that Python 2.x will be
> supported on future operating systems.
It will be for as long as 2.x users are willing to pay for support.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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