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- From: mbk@lyapunov.ucsd.edu (Matt Kennel)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
- Subject: Re: Small Language Wanted
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- Date: 26 Aug 92 21:19:19 GMT
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- UweKloss@lionbbs.bs.open.de ( Uwe Kloss) writes:
- : > In addition, C has nothing equivalent to Fortrans **
- : > operator nor does it have complex types.
- : The differeces between code the compiler generates and
- : the one that is linked as a library or inserted by the
- : preprocessor.
-
- So? Again somebody telling us that we don't really want what
- we say we want.
-
- :
- :
- : > And arrays, C has no true array type
- : > like Fortran does (One must use pointers to pointers ... to pointers).
- : Did you ever try: int a[12][34];
- : And : a[x][y] = somewhat;
-
- Yes, but try to use "a" in a subroutine.
-
- :
- :
- : > Yes Fortran is still superior to C for what it is intended to do:
- : > Numerical Work.
- : This is mainly because, as you said, there's much 'canned solutions'.
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- Perhaps, again, there's a reason, besides compatibility, why canned
- solutions are STILL being written de novo in Fortran?
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