tom wrote in news:3D5099FC.F50FBA50 @NAESPAM.yahoo.com:
> By the way - many maths people are still using Fortran!
God bless us! There are some super libraries of algorithms available that just aren't there in other languages. If you have some spare time, compare the fortran and c libraries at netlib.org (If you do any kind of signal processing or use numerical methods, and haven't heard of netlib, use this as an opportunity to check it out!)
I just bought a new compiler. Fortran isn't the same old beast anymore. Fortran 95 can use a pointer, is recursive, and doesn't have to be coded with lines started after column 6 (or was it 7?) anymore. File I/O is largely the same pain in the butt that it's always been.
