On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:36:51AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 11:59, mohamed roshdy wrote: > > i wanna really to learn fortran and i am waiting for acourse or ebooks > > on net plz write to me > There are many better and newer languages to learn. (perl and c for > example). And these have many sites for help. the linux GCC compiler > suite does support fortran, so that part is covered. What is the reason > you want to learn a not very popular langage? Just curious.
I can only guess of course, but _my_ reasons for learning Fortran 90 were that it is actually a very popular language. Note, Fortran 90, not 77, and this is _not_ supported by GCC. There is the g95 project which is in a pupil state, according to their site. There are only non-free compilers available, AFAIK. F is a rather good one, at least for my purposes. Fortran 90 is popular in science. Fortran means FORmula TRANslation and is specifically designed for mathematical purposes. No other language can rival its standard vector and matrix manipulation constructs, for example. Of course, you can add classes and overload operators in C++, so you'll get it to work. But, in Fortran, it is standard. Fortran not only has advantages of course. There are many downsides as well. Still, it works for me. I'm using it for my master thesis work in the field of theoretical physics. Everyone uses it around here, :-) Sidenote: if I want to program a random piece of code, I always use C. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
