Re: just how bad is Fortran?

[Adriano Nagelschmidt Rodrigues <anr@ime.usp.br>]

Rick Hawkins writes:
 > I don't mean fortran in generall, i mean the available linux versions.

>From what I've read so far, Linux fortran tools aren't exactly state of the
art (as you know, chances are that gcc is going to optmize your code much
better).

 > I'm familiar with Fortran, C, C++, etc., and the coding for fortran is
 > far more efficient for what i'm doing: it comes down to applying
 > functions to arrays.

You mean performance wise? Do you have some numbers? It's an interesting
comparison... As for the numerical libs, are there some you can't find in C?

 > I also may have the world's only project that really calls  for an Object
 > Fortran :)

Good luck with your project,

--
Adriano


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