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Scalar programming

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Tagged for no references x 4+ years & disputed accuracy x 5+ years. Talk page comments reflect marked doubt about authenticity. Recommend deletion as unsourced and failing WP:GNG. – S. Rich (talk) 05:52, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:07, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete—The term of art is far more common in optimization theory (e.g., Invex Functions and Generalized Convexity in Multiobjective Programming), but that's a completely different topic than this one. Restricting my gscholar search to "scalar programming languages", I get all of five hits. While one of these is an IEEE Computer article, the phrase just never caught on. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 21:57, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:36, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:32, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect too Array programming#Scalar languages. As Lesser Cartographies says, this term never really caught on. I could not find in-depth RS to support notability. The sources I have seen always seem to use it only in contrast to vector or array programming. It is a term in the literature, however, so we could create a redirect. Array programming#Scalar languages seems the best target. --Mark viking (talk) 22:22, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Array programming#Scalar languages per Mark viking. James500 (talk) 08:45, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment by OP – Can I assume that you folks know about the subject matter? (My knowledge is nil and I AFD's based on the lack of references.) If so, I'll take your comments to heart and do a WP:BLAR on the article. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 18:44, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm ok with WP:BLAR. The topic is in my field, but it is not my area of expertise. That said, I am confident that I would be able to find cites for scalar programming if it was an actual term of art. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 22:34, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]