Category Archives: Computing – general

Lotus Day

Posted on 27/01/2009 by dougaj4

As well as being Australia Day, January 26th is also the anniversary of the first release of Lotus 123 (for my younger readers, “Lotus” is what we used to call spreadsheets, before they became “Excel”). Lotus 123 is now 26, … Continue reading →

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Silverfrost Personal Fortran

Posted on 24/11/2008 by dougaj4

Silverfrost Personal Fortran is a Fortran95 compiler that is free for personal use.  According to the suppliers: “With Silverfrost FTN95: Fortran for Windows you can create console based, conventional Windows® and Microsoft .NET applications. Silverfrost FTN95 is the only compiler that … Continue reading →

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Difference of Opinion

Posted on 28/03/2008 by dougaj4

Found whilst browsing: http://diff-op.blogspot.com/ about Difference of Opinion The following articles, reprinted by agreement with IOP Publishing Ltd, formed a regular diary column in Scientific Computing World magazine betweeen September 1997 and February 2000.Difference of Opinion was co-written by Ray … Continue reading →

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