[geeks] DaveM: Crays up?

[Eric Dittman]

> > >Don't know fortran.  Find little reason to use fortran for modern
> > >development except for the possibility that on some platforms the
> > >fortran compiler is better optimized that the C compiler.
> > 
> >   ...which seems to be just about every HPC platform out there.
> > 
> >   Modern FORTRAN is just as well-suited to modern development as modern 
> > C.  It has evolved from a general-purpose language (though with a 
> > slight scientific bent) into a pretty much HPC-specific language, and 
> > does that stuff very well.
> 
> And of course, a related question is, where is the broke person supposed
> to get their hands on modern fortran other than from Intel?

If you have a VAX or Alpha, you can get the FORTRAN compiler
(along with a lot of other compilers) for free for hobbyist
use.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net
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