How hard should one try to build open systems allowing disparate paradigms?
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This is essential in say manufacturing where need to integrate 10,000 existing programs in Excel, Lisp .. Fortran together
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How important is ability to invoke general purpose languages (such as Fortran, CC++, HPF ..) as well as a script with domain specific constructs.
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cf: NSF Blackhole project with HPF and more focused approachs -- latter are ahead as HPF slow!
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General and most serious problem with all HPCC software -- how do we support system with hardware rapidly evolving and software (industry) support resources small
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Role of packages such as Mathematica cf: SINAPSE
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