Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra?

Thomas Koenig <[email protected]>
Newsgroups sci.math,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.python
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Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> schrieb:
> On Sun, 6 Sep 2026 15:32:53 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:
>
>> Fortran 77 makes little sense, modern Fortran variants (Fortran 90+)
>> are available with free compilers and offer much more comfort and
>> safety.
>
> Python offers custom operator overloads, so you can write actual
> operator expressions for addition, dot product etc -- closer in
> appearance to the actual maths -- instead of parenthesis-ridden
> function calls.

So does Fortran.

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