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From: brad@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: number crunching, a possible new solution
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Date: Mon, 25-Jun-84 00:11:34 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 25 00:11:34 1984
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The most significant thing that I noticed in the FORTRAN vs C vs Ada debate
over use for scientific programming/number crunching, was the fact that
FORTRAN has large libraries of pre-defined mathematical functions.  At least
one (and maybe more than one) such library has been commissioned (and may
even have been completed) for use with Ada.  I am under the impression that
the source for these libraries will be availiable free of charge.

For more information, I would suggest contacting Col. William Whitaker
(WWHITAKER@USC-ECLB) or the Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO)
(ADA-INFO@USC-ECLB) both on the Arpanet/Milnet/DDN.

Also, I ought to  mention that Ada has better facilites for controlling the
precision and representation of numbers than does FORTRAN.

--Brad Balfour
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