Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 11:14:59 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Language for Modeling Mechanical System Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000727111016.0485cd60@localhost> In-Reply-To: <397FC7C8.D1C7BBD9@mail.ptd.net> References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000725232454.25887B-100000@utah> <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000725232454.25887B-100000@utah> <4.3.2.7.2.20000726195620.04ab6ee0@localhost>
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At 11:25 PM 7/26/2000, Thomas M. Sommers wrote: >[FORTRAN] It also has a builtin complex type, and common math operations such as >exponentiation and trig functions are also builtin, and so don't incur >function call overhead. Actually, many languages implement exponentiation, trig, etc. as inlines. They look like function calls but aren't. Complex numbers are a plus. But almost every language has libraries that handle them gracefully. The big win in FORTRAN is the optimization. But for modeling a car -- well, unless you're doing a virtual crash test, you'll mostly be checking structural strength and probably modeling the suspension. Neither of these applications needs raw computing power as much as it does ease of use. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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