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Should have been called Fortran on Freeways.

by Stratoscope 7y ago

ainar-g 7y ago
Fortran On Fighter-Jets
- greglindahl 7y ago
  Super-sonic fighter jets probably were designed using a lot of Fortran.
  - 7thaccount 7y ago
    For sure, but their avionics software is written in Ada or C++.
    - greglindahl 7y ago
      And that's relevant, because... ?
      - 7thaccount 7y ago
        How is it not? Someone said something about fighter jets being written in Fortran. Someone corrected them saying they aren't, but they are modeled using Fortran. I tried to add to the conversation by saying what they were written in assuming that would also be of interest to the person who made the original comment. I'm sorry this has perturbed you.
        greglindahl 7y ago
        Ah. Thanks for the explanation.
        7thaccount 7y ago
        Lol no biggie. Your bio seem pretty awesome btw! What technologies have you used to do all that?
        raattgift 7y ago
        There is likely a lot more railway traffic control software written in Simula ( "The basic simulation kernel, the TTS module based on the SIMON/TTS system, is today implemented in Simula and running on a UNIX platform." https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ed7e/d90fbc57b7ee0473d41edbd0d889e2b4300b.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ed7e/d90fbc57b7ee0473d41edb... [2008] -- last listed author works for and the work is funded by Banverket, the Swedish National Rail Administration ) than in Ruby, and yet it's still rubyonrails.org.
jblz 7y ago
Fortran on Funicular :)
- Stratoscope 7y ago
  That goes well with COBOL on Cogs! Funicular railway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO9J7NsM0Ck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO9J7NsM0Ck Cog railway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYjj0rwriEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYjj0rwriEA
  - raattgift 7y ago
    You likely would recognize the melody of "Funiculì, Funiculà", an audio sample of which can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicul%C3%AC,_Funicul%C3%A0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicul%C3%AC,_Funicul%C3%A0 Amusingly, a short while ago I HN-commented on the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and nearby settlements. Vesuvius also destroyed the funicular that the song advertised, in a later eruption.

Should have been called Fortran on Freeways.

ainar-g 7y ago

Fortran On Fighter-Jets

greglindahl 7y ago
Super-sonic fighter jets probably were designed using a lot of Fortran.
- 7thaccount 7y ago
  For sure, but their avionics software is written in Ada or C++.
  - greglindahl 7y ago
    And that's relevant, because... ?
    - 7thaccount 7y ago
      How is it not? Someone said something about fighter jets being written in Fortran. Someone corrected them saying they aren't, but they are modeled using Fortran. I tried to add to the conversation by saying what they were written in assuming that would also be of interest to the person who made the original comment. I'm sorry this has perturbed you.
      - greglindahl 7y ago
        Ah. Thanks for the explanation.
        7thaccount 7y ago
        Lol no biggie. Your bio seem pretty awesome btw! What technologies have you used to do all that?
      - raattgift 7y ago
        There is likely a lot more railway traffic control software written in Simula ( "The basic simulation kernel, the TTS module based on the SIMON/TTS system, is today implemented in Simula and running on a UNIX platform." https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ed7e/d90fbc57b7ee0473d41edbd0d889e2b4300b.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ed7e/d90fbc57b7ee0473d41edb... [2008] -- last listed author works for and the work is funded by Banverket, the Swedish National Rail Administration ) than in Ruby, and yet it's still rubyonrails.org.

jblz 7y ago

Fortran on Funicular :)

Stratoscope 7y ago
That goes well with COBOL on Cogs! Funicular railway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO9J7NsM0Ck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO9J7NsM0Ck Cog railway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYjj0rwriEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYjj0rwriEA
- raattgift 7y ago
  You likely would recognize the melody of "Funiculì, Funiculà", an audio sample of which can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicul%C3%AC,_Funicul%C3%A0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicul%C3%AC,_Funicul%C3%A0 Amusingly, a short while ago I HN-commented on the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and nearby settlements. Vesuvius also destroyed the funicular that the song advertised, in a later eruption.