Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:6230 alt.flame:25848 Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,alt.flame Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!greg From: greg@sce.carleton.ca (Greg Franks) Subject: Re: Fortran vs. C for numerical work Message-ID: <1990Dec6.144950.13182@ccs.carleton.ca> Followup-To: alt.flame Sender: news@ccs.carleton.ca (news) Organization: Systems Engineering, Carleton U. References: <7339@lanl.gov> <1990Nov30.163613.9562@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> <763@ubbpc.UUCP> <26349:Dec404:38:5790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 14:49:50 GMT In article <26349:Dec404:38:5790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: :-( Flame on the fortran flame wars :-( first he tries to tell fortran programmers to convert to C (r "read the output of f2c for 5 minutes a day" then says... > >I've found C good enough. Why should I switch? > >---Dan The fortran programmer is asking the same question. *** sigh *** Always use the tool most suitable for the job. Replies to alt.flame. -- Greg Franks, (613) 788-5726 | "The reason that God was able to Systems Engineering, Carleton University, | create the world in seven days is Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6. | that he didn't have to worry about greg@sce.carleton.ca ...!cunews!sce!greg | the installed base" -- Enzo Torresi Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com