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> "why x?" To be fair, the language is developed by Cray. So my instant assumption to the question "why Chapel?" is "because programming supercomputers is hard
by cbarrick 7y ago
> "why x?"
To be fair, the language is developed by Cray. So my instant assumption to the question "why Chapel?" is "because programming supercomputers is hard".
> I guess it's fine if they never want users
I think this not far from the truth. It's not that they don't need users, but that they don't need pedestrian users. Supercomputing is a niche market, so I'm sure the marketing is more about networking at conferences.
Put another way, you're going to pick up Chapel at work, not at home.
- ken 7y agoTheir presentation here explicitly talks about who they're targeting, and their very first target group is "recent graduates" who want "something similar to what I used in school: Python, Matlab, Java". If this front page makes it look like their position is "supercomputers are hard, this is for pros", that's completely misrepresenting the rest of the website.