On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Adriano Nagelschmidt Rodrigues wrote: > Sorry, I can't resist ;-)
Me either. ;-) > fortran (77) is horrible. Well, it _was_ ok, Backus was a pioneer, etc. But we > are in the end of the '90s (and I thought only *my* profs were forcing > students to use it!) > > You will be much better writing your code in ANSI C (pointers aren't difficult > once you get to know them). This is plainly untrue. f77 is a much simpler command set with no dynamic allocation, etc. As a result, a f77 compiler can be optimized to a much greater extent independent of the coding expertise of the programmer, i.e. me. Thus, f77 is almost always faster than c or c++. Also, in ansi C, there is no intrisic or optimized support for complex numbers. People who actually do intensive simulations where compile time is not a critical factor can still benefit from using f77. f90 is another matter, meaning that I no nothing about its efficiency. Thanks. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
