On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:15 PM, E.D.G. wrote:
> "Terry Reedy" wrote in message
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>> A couple of sentences of follow-up would have been sufficient.
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> The experience that I have had over the years with Newsgroup posting
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"Joel Goldstick" wrote in message
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That being said, I'm guessing that this thing is used in some academic
setting. If that's true, why not get a student (who will be much more
versed in modern programming languages and techniques) to
"Terry Reedy" wrote in message
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A couple of sentences of follow-up would have been sufficient.
The experience that I have had over the years with Newsgroup posting
is that it is generally better to try to be polite and answer
> "BB" == Ben Bacarisse writes:
BB> There is a slight air in unreality to all this,
This is a far more polite way of putting it than I would. It's an
earthquake predictor based on pseudoscience and technobabble.
BB> Finally, why are you timing Perl arithmetic? A translation into
On 11/17/2013 5:25 AM, E.D.G. wrote:
[snip several paragraphs that have nothing to do with Python]
A couple of sentences of follow-up would have been sufficient.
'We decided to go with Fortran and True-Basic and not Python."
PERL SPEED COMPARISON
Some of the early discussions leading t
Roy Smith writes:
> Henry Law wrote:
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>> On 17/11/13 14:37, E.D.G. wrote:
>> > All of my own important programs are written using Perl. I am starting
>> > to run into calculation speed limitations with one of the programs.
>>
>> Your Perl code is, er, sub-optimal. There is absolutely no poin
"E.D.G." wrote in message
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Some additional research indicates that there is an international
scientific organization that should be interested in this particular program
translation effort. And tomorrow I plan to contact them and se
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Richard Maine wrote:
> Roy Smith wrote:
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>> In article ,
>> Tim Prince wrote:
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>> > Perhaps you would start with an automatic indentation tool before
>> > translating. You may have a rule against using current syntax and
>> > indentation for Fortran, but ot
Roy Smith wrote:
> In article ,
> Tim Prince wrote:
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> > Perhaps you would start with an automatic indentation tool before
> > translating. You may have a rule against using current syntax and
> > indentation for Fortran, but others don't.
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> Does anybody still use ratfor?
No. Well, I s
mecej4 wrote:
>On 11/14/2013 8:18 AM, E.D.G. wrote:
>> Posted by E.D.G. on November 14, 2013
>>
>>In view of the fact that I mentioned the following project in
>> both Perl and Python Newsgroup notes and did not get any hostile
>> responses [...]
Don't flatter yourself. Just to get the r
In article ,
Tim Prince wrote:
> Perhaps you would start with an automatic indentation tool before
> translating. You may have a rule against using current syntax and
> indentation for Fortran, but others don't.
Does anybody still use ratfor?
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On 11/17/2013 8:25 AM, E.D.G. wrote:
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Scientists view computer programs as tools, no different from any other
I agree totally. There are many scientists who learn how to
write programs to help with their sci
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Scientists view computer programs as tools, no different from any other
I agree totally. There are many scientists who learn how to write
programs to help with their scientific work. I doubt that there are
"E.D.G." wrote in message
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All of the necessary information regarding this effort has now been
obtained. So, further discussions of this particular project will probably
take place in only the Fortran Newsgroup. If and when the pro
"E.D.G." wrote in message
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> For one thing, the input and output routines need to be changed.
> And we want it to be able to generate charts or graphs. The existing
> program will generate only text data.
You can generate charts and
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:20 AM, Roy Smith wrote:
> But, for a non-expert, it may be that while L2 is capable of computing a
> solution in less time than L1, it takes a lot of expert knowledge to get
> the L2 program to that state. For the limited amount of programming
> expertise and time availa
In article ,
Henry Law wrote:
> On 17/11/13 14:37, E.D.G. wrote:
> > All of my own important programs are written using Perl. I am starting
> > to run into calculation speed limitations with one of the programs.
>
> Your Perl code is, er, sub-optimal. There is absolutely no point in
> doing
On 17/11/13 14:37, E.D.G. wrote:
All of my own important programs are written using Perl. I am starting
to run into calculation speed limitations with one of the programs.
Your Perl code is, er, sub-optimal. There is absolutely no point in
doing benchmarks until you've improved the code.
I
"Ben Bacarisse" wrote in message
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There is a slight air in unreality to all this, but just in case this is
The world of science where programmers work with people who have
degrees in the physical sciences can ge
"E.D.G." writes:
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> Etgtab FORTRAN project
> Perl speed comparison
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> This Etgtab FORTRAN computer program related
"E.D.G." wrote in message
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Etgtab FORTRAN project
Perl speed comparison
This Etgtab FORTRAN computer program related effort is progressing
much better
On Nov 16, 2013, at 4:31 AM, Terence wrote:
> I downloaded the packed file mentioned, extracted the files and had a look
> at the Fortran sources given:
> ETGTAB.FOR and ETGTAB.F
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> The ETGTAB.FOR file had double spacing, which Iremoved automatically, then
> compared the two sources automatical
I downloaded the packed file mentioned, extracted the files and had a look
at the Fortran sources given:
ETGTAB.FOR and ETGTAB.F
The ETGTAB.FOR file had double spacing, which Iremoved automatically, then
compared the two sources automatically (passing and copying equals and
offering choice between
"E.D.G." wrote in message
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The responses regarding that Etgtab program were encouraging. I was
not sure if anyone would even recognize the code as the program was written
quite a while ago.
The main reason for wanting to tra
On 14/11/2013 17:36, Gordon Sande wrote:
Indeed! Under NAGWare Fortran it runs to completion with C=all but pulls an
undefined reference when C=undefined is added.
Lots of obsolete features and other warnings but no compiler error
messages.
The obvious lessons are that 1. Fortran has very good
On 2013-11-14 17:07:45 +, mecej4 said:
On 11/14/2013 8:18 AM, E.D.G. wrote:
Posted by E.D.G. on November 14, 2013
In view of the fact that I mentioned the following project in
both Perl and Python Newsgroup notes and did not get any hostile
responses I am going to take a chance and mentio
On 11/14/2013 8:18 AM, E.D.G. wrote:
Posted by E.D.G. on November 14, 2013
In view of the fact that I mentioned the following project in
both Perl and Python Newsgroup notes and did not get any hostile
responses I am going to take a chance and mention it again in all three
of these Newsg
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