Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra?
Thomas Koenig <[email protected]>
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Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir <[email protected]> schrieb: > Thomas Koenig <[email protected]> hat geschrieben: >|-------------------------------------------------------------------| >|"Johann "Myrkraverk" Oskarsson <[email protected]> schrieb:| >| | >|> Best wishes, and happy switching from Python to Fortran 77! | >| | >|Fortran 77 makes little sense, modern Fortran variants (Fortran | >|90+) are available with free compilers and offer much more comfort | >|and safety." | >|-------------------------------------------------------------------| > > Are new versions of Fortran still much slower than FORTRAN 77? Depends on what you're doing, but in general, no. > > Ada is better for safety. Different domains. While both languages are general-purpose, Fortran is more oriented towards scientific and technical application, for which you won't find Ada used much. -- This USENET posting was made without artificial intelligence, artificial impertinence, artificial arrogance, artificial stupidity, artificial flavorings or artificial colorants.