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| From | Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2026-09-07 06:47 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 04:41:38 -0000 (UTC), Steven G. Kargl wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Sep 2026 22:00:39 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 6 Sep 2026 15:32:53 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:
>>
>>> Fortran 77 makes little sense, modern Fortran variants (Fortran
>>> 90+) are available with free compilers and offer much more comfort
>>> and safety.
>>
>> Python offers custom operator overloads, so you can write actual
>> operator expressions for addition, dot product etc -- closer in
>> appearance to the actual maths -- instead of parenthesis-ridden
>> function calls.
>
> Can we assume you know little to nothing about modern Fortran? One
> can write custom operator overloads in Fortran.
Something else I can do in Python is write things that look a lot like
new custom operators. E.g. a cross product between two 3D vectors
could be written (with a suitable definition of the “cross” property)
as
v1 .cross* v2
without unnecessary parentheses.
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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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