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- Subject: Re: Reasons for using C vs. Fortran or vice/versa
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- From: alanb@sdl.mdcbbs.com (Alan Braggins)
- Date: 17 Nov 92 12:07:27 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.135901.15191@ccd.harris.com><1992Nov12.210151.5486@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca><1992Nov13.171542.10650@taumet.com>
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- In-reply-to: steve@taumet.com's message of Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:15:42 GMT
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- >>>>> On Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:15:42 GMT, steve@taumet.com (Steve Clamage) said:
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- > mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) writes:
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- >> It is easier to write Fortran that a compiler will properly optimize
- >>than it is to write optimizable C.
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- > This is a trifle ingenuous, or perhaps just incomplete.
- [gives more complete explanation]
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- > This is the
- > "aliasing" problem, and dramatically affects the efficiency of
- > mathematical code in C compared to Fortran.
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- What happened to the proposed "noalias" type qualifier?
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