Re: Java ready for number crunching?

Mark Thornton wrote:
When people enquire if Java is suitable for numerical work, it is not uncommon for the response to be that they should go elsewhere (and preferably take float and double with them). Suggestions aimed at making Java more suited for this domain are usually greeted with horror, while at the same time welcoming other bizarre extensions (take your pick --- plenty to choose from at the moment :-)). Yet there are several features of Java that are attractive for either practical maths or learning purposes. The tightly specified maths has both plus and minus points. The built in and well specified support for concurrency is very useful.

I agree wholeheartedly. And so does James Gosling. I attended a talk where
he pointed out that Sun has spent extra effort in the newer versions of
Java to make them more suitable for "scientific programming", recognizing,
I think, that such programming often involves more than just recasting
equations as code. And the performance these days is certainly good enough
for most such tasks.

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