You know, you're probably going to REALLY get some punch card apps mailed to you now :p
On Apr 1, 11:29 pm, Jason <jason.mor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good joke, but truth is that this would actually help tremendously. > Why? The linear algebra libraries (e.g. the ones numpy calls) are in > FORTRAN, and Python is too slow to do anything numerical without > them. Including numpy (or even fortran) would actually create a lot > of new use cases for App Engine. > > On Apr 1, 2:35 pm, Jeff S <j...@google.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I'm pleased as punch to share with you the details on the new runtime > > language available for App Engine. We announced it on our blog: > > >http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2009/04/brand-new-language-on-goo... > > > From the blog post: > > > """ > > It's been almost a year since we've launched App Engine with support > > for Python, and what a year it's been! We've gotten fantastic feedback > > from developers, and we've released loads of new features! When we > > launched, we promised support for another runtime language, and indeed > > this has been among the most requested features from our developers > > since day one. > > > Well, we fed Google's new CADIE Strategic Decision Maker the App > > Engine issue tracker, our groups, and various blog posts around the > > internet to help select a new runtime language for App Engine. Today > > we're excited to officially announce support for FORTRAN 77! > > > If you're an enterprise customer and want to take advantage of Google > > App Engine, but have a large and cumbersome legacy system, we want to > > make it easy for you to port to the cloud. By providing a Fortran 77 > > runtime, along with a familiar, easy-to-use deployment mechanism, we > > hope to make this process efficient and straightforward. > > > Want to give it a try? Download our SDK and deploy your application by > > mailing punch cards to: > > > Google App Engine, C/O APPCFG > > 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy > > Mountain View, CA 94043 > > > and we'll take care of the rest! We welcome your feedback on our > > newest addition to the App Engine family--you can discuss it on our > > Google Group! > > """ > > > So there you have it, let's discuss! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
