Re: Newbie question: Why Fortran?

From: Tom (8f27iw6z_at_canada.com)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: 19 Jul 2004 13:36:34 -0700

Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote in message news:<lnzn5wtufi.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org>...
> "Gerry Thomas" <gfthomas@sympatico.ca> writes:
> > "Keith Thompson" <kst-u@mib.org> wrote in message
> > news:lnekn81zpe.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org...
> > > "Gerry Thomas" <gfthomas@sympatico.ca> writes:
> > > > "Gastfreund aus Korinth" <keine@nirgendwo.de> wrote in message
> > > > news:pan.2004.07.18.10.03.57.31000@nirgendwo.de...
> > > > > Why do I use Fortran for numerical computations (on XP for
> > > > > example)? Is it to gain speed compared to MS-C++ (and is Intel
> > > > > Fortran for example faster?) or is it to get easy access to
> > > > > existing F libraries?
> > > >
> > > > This faq has never been and never will be objectively answered on CLF.
> > > > Figure.
> [...]
> > > > I've cross posted to comp.lang.c/c++, so you can benefit, perhaps, from
> > > > some who have forsaken Fortran no matter what its vintage.
> > >
> > > This is off-topic in comp.lang.c and comp.lang.c++. Followups
> > > redirected back to comp.lang.fortran.
> >
> > Sorry. bud, you're wrong, but I'm sure you're used to that.
>
> I've been a regular poster to comp.lang.c for some time, so I have a
> fairly good idea of what's considered topical. As far as I can tell,
> you've never posted there, or to comp.lang.c++, prior to this recent
> cross-post. But I've been wrong before, and I'll be wrong again
> (though not often enough to get used to it).
>
> Meta-discussions about what is or is not topical are generally
> considered topical. So by all means, explain to us why questions
> about Fortran are topical in comp.lang.c. (Bonus points if you can do
> so without calling me "bud".)

I was just wondering why no one has has forwarded this discussion to
the
sci.math.num-analysis newsgroup. This would seem to be a discussion
that would be very topical in that newsgroup.

Just another newbie question
Tom

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