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Re:How to write code in modern Fortran (2011) [pdf] by x3tm on Monday January 28, 2019 @05:56AM (#19016487)
Exactly. That's why I say that the speed argument is a bit obsolete by now. We can have the best of the two worlds with python! Elegance/simplicity and speed.

The focus on the speed of execution also downplays two other important aspects of python: speed of writing code and possibility to visualize results easily. As a theorist these two aspects outweigh any argument in favor of Fortran. The only serious competition to python for me is mathematica.

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Re:How to write code in modern Fortran (2011) [pdf] by TheRealKing on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @03:45AM (#19033604)
The truth is, any language other than Fortran/C is slow for any serious high-performance-computing task (which is not the same as everyday back-of-envelop calculations and plotting).
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