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Re:Fortran is still a thing by rhodysurf on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:09PM (#18544157)
Thats why we still use it at my work (CFD). Its easier to produce fast matrix/linear algebra code than C++ for a scientist who is not a Software Engineer.
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Re:Fortran is still a thing by ekun on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @01:14PM (#18544942)
This has been my experience. Although I know other languages, when I go to write a solver for CFD, radiation transport, heat transfer, etc I normally have gone with OpenMPI and Fortran. For me, Fortran is almost like writing psuedocode.
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Re:Fortran is still a thing by tejassanap on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:35PM (#18544470)
What sort of CFD analysis do you do? Automobile-related?
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Re:Fortran is still a thing by rhodysurf on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @01:01PM (#18544798)
Hydrodynamics
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