Introduction: Strong/Weak Typing & https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat
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Book of the Show
- Jason: A Theory of Fun in Game Design
- Patrick: Monster Hunter International
Tool of the Show
- Jason: Babun
- Patrick: Crouton
Fortran
- Overview
- ForTran: Formula Translating System
- First optimizing compiler
- History
- First version designed by John W. Backus in 1953
- “20x fewer instructions than assembly”
- Writing programs for computing missile trajectories
- Punch-cards
- Mainframes
- Fortran still in use today
- Parts of scipy/matlab are in fortran
- LAPACK still in fortran
- Compilers
- G95
- GNU GFortran
- Pros
- Stickiness
- Punchcards!
- FREQUENCY directive: compiler performed a monte carlo simulation to place blocks
- Cons
- Pareto-dominated by more advanced languages