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Author: James Tursa
Date: Jun 29, 2008 17:12
... algoprithms to some other language. The fortran language as such is obsolete. The die-hards always claim that Fortran is fast because its simplicity makes it easier for compilers to optimise (undoutedly true for Fortran 66 constructs). Not quite true. The reason Fortran is fast is that it lacks dynamic memory management (that was added in fortran 90 or 95, a mere 15 years ago...
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