From: Eric Lavigne <lavigne.eric@...>
Date: 2007-11-22T02:32:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Choosing a scripting language for scientific programming

> p.s. I'm sure this is true of other popular scripting languages but, being primarily a
> Fortran95 coder, I am constantly amazed at the speed and quality of innovation in the ruby
> community. It may be because I'm used to the glacial pace of Fortran language standard
> updates, but it's amazing nonetheless.

Ruby is one of the better ones, but yes this difference has more to do
with the glacial pace of Fortran development. I recommend trying OCaml
as a Fortran replacement. It fills the same niche as Fortran (high
performance computation and simulation) but is also well designed and
continues to improve at a brisk pace. OCaml and Ruby make an excellent
combination for scientific programming.

-- 
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the
other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious
deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.

                    - C.A.R. Hoare -