Is C faster than fortran?

[Nomad.C]

Hi
I've been thinking of learning Fortran as number crunching kinda
language for my Physics degree......but then looking around the
internet, people are saying that the libraries/ Algorithms once used
for number crunching is now slowly converting into C, so do you think
I should stick with C, since I know C already, or should I proceed
learning fortran??

Any advice??
Thanks
Chris

[P.J. Plauger]

"James Giles" <ja********@worldnet.att.netwrote in message
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Bruce Bowler wrote:

>On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:42:23 +0200, Fernando M. Roxo da Motta wrote:

...

>Of course C is faster faster the Fortran.
Fortran is from the dark ages (of computing) and
C is the speed of light.

Well, C is a case sensitive language (whose name is
upper-case). While the speed of light is c (lower case).
Physically, C (upper case) is a coulomb: a moderate
amount of electrical current. How that corresponds to

^^^^^^^ charge

speed at all is questionable.

P.J. Plauger
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[Ian Gay]

"P.J. Plauger" <pj*@dinkumware.comwrote in
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"James Giles" <ja********@worldnet.att.netwrote in message
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>Bruce Bowler wrote:

>>On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:42:23 +0200, Fernando M. Roxo da Motta
wrote:

...

>>Of course C is faster faster the Fortran.
Fortran is from the dark ages (of computing) and
C is the speed of light.

Well, C is a case sensitive language (whose name is
upper-case). While the speed of light is c (lower case).
Physically, C (upper case) is a coulomb: a moderate
amount of electrical current. How that corresponds to

^^^^^^^ charge

And if you were holding one in your hand, you would not think it
moderate :-)

>speed at all is questionable.

P.J. Plauger
Dinkumware, Ltd.
http://www.dinkumware.com

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[David Thompson]

On 26 Mar 2007 17:41:06 GMT, Chris Torek <no****@torek.netwrote:

In article <11*********************@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups. com>
No*****@gmail.com <No*****@gmail.comwrote:

I've been thinking of learning Fortran ...

Learning additional computer languages is often good. Note (as
someone else did) that there are lots of different versions of
Fortran, though. The current standard is F95.

It's now 'F03' which was actually approved in 04, although as one
would expect there is variation in how fast different implementations
are being upgraded, if at all. (If you care about specific F03
features as opposed to F95, or F95 + TRs, 'goto' comp.lang.fortran .)

But the BIG difference was F77 to F90; in terms of new syntax and
features this was at least as big as the difference from C to C++. The
changes from F90 to F95 were barely more than a TC, and from F95 to
F03 less than C90 to C99, perhaps a little more than C90 to NA1.

As for the question in the "subject" line, "is C faster than
fortran?": the answer is the same as the answer to the question,
"is chocolate ice cream tastier than strawberry?".

And of course that answer is, test, test, and test some more. <G!>

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