Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas Koenig Newsgroups: sci.math,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra? Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 19:47:57 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: <117kg1d$2lev0$1@dont-email.me> References: <117k135$2fr7o$1@dont-email.me> <117k7up$2q3e2$1@paganini.bofh.team> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:47:58 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="2800608"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+zHWRx2K0qiQgh53O1rRtTgyFrV743sro="; posting-host="fc9afcb8cdd7774fbcadda3453e36b25" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5hGBGDj+G3GyRIbxpEyP0UjEL4I= sha256:19qoZWqucgUbAae9WQyxCMtLxROkrkjJjI9pLsimCGM= sha1:wQ76G2ehEg9uXTQgvLY5RWA4bkM= sha256:2/oEPzd2ryDd+HE/joi6XJl8MKMHrvFx2sHbSCGvMMg= Xref: csiph.com sci.math:647455 comp.lang.fortran:126645 comp.lang.python:197948 Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir schrieb: > Thomas Koenig hat geschrieben: >|-------------------------------------------------------------------| >|"Johann "Myrkraverk" Oskarsson 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." | >|-------------------------------------------------------------------| > > Are new versions of Fortran still much slower than FORTRAN 77? Depends on what you're doing, but in general, no. > > Ada is better for safety. Different domains. While both languages are general-purpose, Fortran is more oriented towards scientific and technical application, for which you won't find Ada used much. -- This USENET posting was made without artificial intelligence, artificial impertinence, artificial arrogance, artificial stupidity, artificial flavorings or artificial colorants.