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From: kai@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Scientific computing under Unix
Message-ID: <43200014@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu>
Date: 12 Mar 88 06:04:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!kai    Mar 12 00:04:00 1988


F77 is slow, slow, slow.  If you want fast, fast, fast fortran for scientific
computing, use Alliant's FX/FORTRAN.  We're talking FAST!  Very VAX/VMS Fortran
compatible.  Bucks per megaflop, can't be beat.

Patrick Wolfe
pwolfe@kai.com
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I speak for myself.