Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:11157 comp.lang.fortran:885 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu!kaa.eng.ohio-state.edu!rob From: rob@kaa.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rob Carriere) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Mathematical expression syntax (was: C vs. Fortran) Message-ID: <363@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> Date: 7 Jul 88 02:08:05 GMT References: <20506@beta.lanl.gov> <559@lanl.gov> <20509@beta.lanl.gov> <30165@cca.CCA.COM> <77@obie.UUCP> Sender: news@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: rob@kaa.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rob Carriere) Organization: Ohio State Univ, College of Engineering Lines: 11 In article <77@obie.UUCP> wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) writes: >[...] VAX >Fortran seems to be pretty good at optimizing computed gotos, BTW. VAX Fortran seems to be pretty good, period. I like Un*x much better than VMS, I prefer C over Fortran any day, but I *love* the VAX Fortran compiler! It is dependable, fast, produces code that is amazingly good, and it interfaces very well with its' environs. C compiler writers, please take note! Rob Carriere