Ed Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And guarantees like the above make it rather easy for programmers to, > for instance, "assemble" their inputs in C++ and then, if they want, > call C, Fortran, assembly-optimized, or even GPU-/FPGA-implemented > routines to perform BLAS, (I)DFT, or other operations. > > Remember, folks, languages do not have to be an "xor" choice. The "and" > operator is available to all of us.
I'm always surprised by that myself. I routinely do stuff like writing an application in a "scripting" language and putting the CPU intensive stuff into C subroutines, and every once in a while (usually while OS hacking since the compilers are now very good) one throws an asm() statement or .S file into the mix. I think part of the issue is that most people doing scientific computing don't have computer science backgrounds, which is a shame. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
