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From: jon@hanauma (Jon Claerbout)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Scientific programming in C++ ?
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Date: 25 Jun 89 00:02:01 GMT
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ABSTRACT:
I converted some simple scientific Fortran/Ratfor programs into C++
to see if they would look suitable for a textbook
such as my last book "Imaging the Earth's Interior".
I conclude C++ is about as good as ratfor.
Unfortunately, mixing Fortran with C++
ranges from undocumented to impossible.

BOOK REPORT
I got the Lippman C++ book.
It looks like a replacement for the Stroustrup book
since it fully describes the new AT&T version 2.0.
Pedagogically it is a big improvement too.
Since both Stroustrup and Lippman describe both C and C++
I infer they mean eventually to replace C by C++
(else why the 100+ extra pages to explain C
which K&R already do beautifully)?
A section called "linkage to other languages" mentions C but not Fortran.

PROGRAMS
We couldn't link gnu C++ mains to fortran subroutines.
I converted some simple fortran scientific programs to a C++ style
designed to please fortran users
and I posted them to comp.lang.fortran