Re: [LF] Knuth

[Lahey Support]

Tom Lahey wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been thinking about what could a group of Fortran
programmers do to
> improve Fortran's popularity.
>
> An idea whose time may have come: Write Knuth algorithms
in ELF90 and
> make the code available on the web.
>
> I suggest ELF90 because it would lead to a discipline that
would help
> the code be more uniform across programmers. Maybe a
place to start is
> a style guide?
>
> Lahey will have an ELF90 syntax checker available on our
website Sept
> 14. We're all programmers, so remember this is a
prediction.
>
> Any thoughts?
> Tom
>

This is a very good idea!

A not insignificant benefit would be the learning gained by
anyone spending
time in Knuth's books. I don't recall ever opening one when
I didn't learn
something (even if it was a reminder of how little I know).

Gene Wheeler
Herff Professor of Structural Mechanics
Civil Engineering Department
The University of Memphis
[address removed]



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