Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttrdc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mgnetp!ltuxa!ttrdc!levy From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Re: What language do you use for scientific programming? Message-ID: <367@ttrdc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 00:42:02 EDT Article-I.D.: ttrdc.367 Posted: Thu Aug 15 00:42:02 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 16:16:05 EDT References: <909@oddjob.UUCP> <163@ho95e.UUCP> Organization: AT&T, Computer Systems Division, Skokie, IL Lines: 30 In article <163@ho95e.UUCP>, wcs@ho95e.UUCP (x0705) writes: > ... >I find the biggest >weaknesses fortran has for scientific programming are: > - no recursion - makes everything tough, especially multiple integration I was under the impression that Fortran-77 allows recursion in the sense that a routine may call itself either directly or through a chain of other routines- am I mistaken? > - no dynamically dimensioned arrays ( though C is kind of clumsy also) True in the general case--some operating systems (like VMS) provide extensions which allow dynamic memory allocation (is this what is being referred to?). > - clumsy input, though this is less important for scientific prog. Amen, brother. Can't take input as a stream of bytes, for instance. > ... >-- >## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | yvel nad | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer, my pets, my plants, my boss, or the | at&t computer systems division | s.a. of any computer upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | | "go for it" | Path: ..!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy -------------------------------- or: ..!ihnp4!iheds!ttbcad!levy