brad@umcp-cs.UUCP (06/25/84)
The most significant thing that I noticed in the FORTRAN vs C vs Ada debate
over use for scientific programming/number crunching, was the fact that
FORTRAN has large libraries of pre-defined mathematical functions. At least
one (and maybe more than one) such library has been commissioned (and may
even have been completed) for use with Ada. I am under the impression that
the source for these libraries will be availiable free of charge.
For more information, I would suggest contacting Col. William Whitaker
(WWHITAKER@USC-ECLB) or the Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO)
(ADA-INFO@USC-ECLB) both on the Arpanet/Milnet/DDN.
Also, I ought to mention that Ada has better facilites for controlling the
precision and representation of numbers than does FORTRAN.
--Brad Balfour
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