From 8213346243983908169 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,8f99fb45cc0aac84 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-28 21:00:09 PST Return-Path: X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Some Thoughts on Numerical C++ References: From: Dave Steffen X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.denver1.co.home.com 1007002911 24.255.238.100 (Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:01:51 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:01:51 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 22:56:21 CST Lines: 28 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:8350 "Scott Robert Ladd" writes: > 1) Does C++ need to be Fortran? > > A good programmer uses the right tool for the job; given the relative ease > of intermixing Fortran and C++ code on most platforms, is it necessary for > C++ to match Fortran in numerical capability? I work on a project that absolutely needs C++ because of size and complexity; if we didn't have classes, templates, and such, we'd be lost. OTOH, the project is fundamenally mathematical. It'd be nice to have Fortran's run-time speed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Steffen Wave after wave will flow with the tide Dept. of Physics And bury the world as it does Colorado State University Tide after tide will flow and recede itftkd@home.com Leaving life to go on as it was... - Peart / RUSH "The reason that our people suffer in this way.... is that our ancestors failed to rule wisely". -General Choi, Hong Hi --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]