Fortress Progamming Language

rgiltrap · 2007-01-15, 21:39

Sun has just released under the BSD license 'Fortress' a modern math based programming language (in Alpha).

I wonder how this would go as a base language for prime hunting endeavours.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6...feed&subj=zdnn

rogue · 2007-01-16, 00:29

Probably nowhere. The language might be easier to learn, but it is extremely unlikely that Sun will go through the pain of optimizing Fortress to build optimized software on most CPUs. Besides, who wants to learn yet another language. Those of us who write code for these projects use ASM and C. Even though most of us know C++, Java, VB, etc., we know that ASM and C will give us the best code after compiling, so no other language will be of use to us.

TehPenguin · 2007-01-17, 00:34

Anyone who's coded Java (and perhaps .NET for older machines) will know that, once a programming language is made "easy", it contains serious bloat.

For instance, the average .NET program happily gobbles >10mb worth of memory, even if it is as simple as a window with a single textbox and no code sitting behind that.

It is likely that this language will have to run on a Virtual Machine (like Java does) creating a very large memory and CPU time footprint.

2007-01-15, 21:39	#1
rgiltrap Apr 2006 Down Under 89 Posts	Fortress Progamming Language Sun has just released under the BSD license 'Fortress' a modern math based programming language (in Alpha). I wonder how this would go as a base language for prime hunting endeavours. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6...feed&subj=zdnn

2007-01-16, 00:29	#2
rogue "Mark" Apr 2003 Between here and the 14313₈ Posts	Probably nowhere. The language might be easier to learn, but it is extremely unlikely that Sun will go through the pain of optimizing Fortress to build optimized software on most CPUs. Besides, who wants to learn yet another language. Those of us who write code for these projects use ASM and C. Even though most of us know C++, Java, VB, etc., we know that ASM and C will give us the best code after compiling, so no other language will be of use to us. Last fiddled with by rogue on 2007-01-16 at 00:32

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2007-01-17, 00:34	#3
TehPenguin Jun 2006 Perth, Western Australia 10₁₀ Posts	Anyone who's coded Java (and perhaps .NET for older machines) will know that, once a programming language is made "easy", it contains serious bloat. For instance, the average .NET program happily gobbles >10mb worth of memory, even if it is as simple as a window with a single textbox and no code sitting behind that. It is likely that this language will have to run on a Virtual Machine (like Java does) creating a very large memory and CPU time footprint.