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A Farewell to Jean
By Steve Lionel (Intel)Posted März 5th 20073
If you asked me what my favorite programming language is, you might be surprised when I don't say Fortran. No, my favorite is Ada, the language named for the first computer …
Powerful Beyond Imagination
By Steve Lionel (Intel)Posted November 16th 20062
No, the title of this post isn't intended to refer to the new quad-core processors Intel announced yesterday (as I write this), though I suppose it could. Rather, it's the slogan of this year's SC06 (Supercomputing 2006) conference, …
Domestic or Imported?
By Steve Lionel (Intel)Posted Oktober 5th 20064
One day while I was wandering the aisles of my local grocery store, a woman beckoned me over to a table and asked if I would like to "try some imported chocolate?" Neatly arrayed on the table were packages of Lindt, …
The long and winding road
By Steve Lionel (Intel)Posted September 25th 20060
The other day, I posted something in comp.lang.fortran in response to a post asking for a new feature in the Intel Fortran compiler. I suggested that the best thing to do was to submit an issue to Intel Premier Support asking for the feature since the more customers who ask for a feature, the …
Nifty Fifty!
By Steve Lionel (Intel)Posted Juli 24th 20063
2007 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Fortran language, which was first introduced in 1957. The British Computer Society is sponsoring a retrospective on Fortran in January - perhaps there will be a US event as well …
The Doctor is IN!
By Steve Lionel (Intel)Posted Juli 11th 200611
.. testing. testing... Is this thing on? Oh, hi! Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Doctor Fortran 2.0. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Steve Lionel, and I work for Intel's Developer Products Division. For the past four years, I've been part of Intel's compiler support team, but …

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