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| From | "David Jones" <dajhawkxx@nowherel.com> |
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| Subject | Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? |
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Thomas Koenig wrote: > Johann "Myrkraverk" Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> schrieb: > > > Best wishes, and happy switching from Python to Fortran 77! > > Fortran 77 makes little sense, modern Fortran variants (Fortran > 90+) are available with free compilers and offer much more comfort > and safety. Recall that the modern bits of modern Fortran might well lead a student to leap to use of MATINV, when MATINV should not be used. Etc.. Students need to think in detail about what the computations in linear algebra are doing.
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Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-06 23:29 +0800
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-09-06 15:32 +0000
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-06 23:53 +0800
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-09-06 17:30 +0000
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-09-06 19:47 +0000
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? "David Jones" <dajhawkxx@nowherel.com> - 2026-09-06 18:40 +0000
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-09-06 19:49 +0000
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-06 22:00 +0000
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-07 10:48 +0800
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2026-09-07 04:41 +0000
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-07 13:24 +0800
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-07 06:47 +0000
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-07 16:32 +0800
Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-09-07 05:08 +0000
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