Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor miracle

Re:Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor m... by pklausler on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:00PM (#38199042)

Fortran has had pointers in the standard language since F'90 and as a ubiquitous vendor extension since ca. 15 years earlier.

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Re:Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor m... by Affric on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:02AM (#38203070)

Are the often used in the big linear algebra libraries?

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Re:Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor m... by not2b on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:22PM (#38209633)

No. The math libraries are written in Fortran 77 for the most part, which did not have pointers. I should have been more precise about that.

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Re:Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor m... by Affric on Saturday November 11, 2023 @06:45AM (#38229465)

Thanks for clarifying, I was intrigued by your comment and it seemed you’d know.

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