I've probably mentioned this before. If a student only has one programming course, teaching fortran feels like malpractice, however, this book is awesome!
Classical Fortran, Kupferschmid https://www.crcpress.com/Classical-Fortran-Programming-for-Engineering-and-Scientific-Applications/Kupferschmid/p/book/9781138116436 Nathan On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:15 PM Paul Edmon <ped...@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote: > Very true. I would never use Fortran for an OS. From what I understand > compiler writers still prefer Fortran as its easier to vectorize. Thus > if you want best vector performance from your code Fortran is it, mainly > due to the easy of writing a compiler that can do so. > > In the end use the tool that's best for the job. That's the moral of > the story. > > -Paul Edmon- > > On 11/28/2018 12:17 PM, Robert G. Brown wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2018, Paul Edmon wrote: > > > >> Once C has native arrays and orders them properly, then we can talk :). > > > > Yeah, like this. That's really the big difference, isn't it? Although > > one can argue about just what "properly" really means... other than "in > > the same order that Fortran orders them" ;-) > > > > rgb > > > >> > >> -Paul Edmon- > >> > >> On 11/28/18 11:36 AM, Peter St. John wrote: > >> Maybe I'm being too serious but in the old days, Fortran was the > >> most mature, maintained compiler and the libraries were great, > >> then later, C had better compilers but the libraries were still > >> great. Now, I think the only good thing about Fortran is that > >> it's pretty easy to learn? > >> Peter > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 11:30 AM Stu Midgley <sdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I agree 100% .?You can't beat bash and fortran. > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:02 AM Paul Edmon > >> <ped...@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote: > >> Fortran is and remains an awesome language.? More > >> people should use it: > >> > >> https://wordsandbuttons.online/fortran_is_still_a_thing.html > >> > >> -Paul Edmon- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored > >> by Penguin Computing > >> To change your subscription (digest mode or > >> unsubscribe) visit > >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Dr Stuart Midgley > >> sdm...@gmail.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin > >> Computing > >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > >> > >> > >> > > > > Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ > > Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 > > Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 > > Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:r...@phy.duke.edu > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nathan Moore Mississippi River and 44th Parallel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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