>> I have a let it "mellow a bit" approach to shinny new software. > Software as malt whisky... I like it. > Which reminds me to ask re LECBIG plans?
ahhhh, Cigars, Cognac and clusters. Maybe someday in the future. For those that are curious (from 2007) https://www.clustermonkey.net/images/stories/beobash/LECCIBG-SC07.jpeg -- Doug > > On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 15:28, Douglas Eadline <deadl...@eadline.org> > wrote: > >> --snip-- >> >> > Unfortunately the presumption seems to be that the old is deficient >> > because it is old, and "my generationâ didn't invent it (which is >> > clearly perverse; I see no rush to replace English, French, ⦠which >> are >> > all older than any of our programming languages, and which adapt, as >> do >> > our programming languages). >> > >> >> I think this has a lot to do with the Fortran situation. In these >> "modern" >> times, software seems to have gone from "releases" to a "sliding >> constant release" cycle and anything not released in the past few >> months is "old." >> >> How many people here will wait a 2-6 months before installing >> a "new version" of some package in production to make sure there >> are no major issues. And of course keep older version options >> with software modules. Perhaps because I've been at this a while, >> I have a let it "mellow a bit" approach to shinny new software. >> >> I find it odd that Fortran gets placed in the "old software box" >> because it works while new languages with their constant feature >> churn and versions break dependency trees all over the place, >> and somehow that is good thing. Now get off my lawn. >> >> -- >> Doug >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Doug >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Doug _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
