anybody using FORTRAN programming language......
11-26-2007, 04:30 PM
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Re: anybody using FORTRAN programming language......
Originally Posted by TorganFM
Fortran isn't really as outdated as a lot of people make it seem. It has its place, like many other languages. C is definitely more versatile, but when you're doing huge mathematical algorithms with billions of calculations Fortran can get them done much faster because it's routines are so simple. When you're paying $10k/hr to use a supercomputer for research you want to use something as fast as Fortran, even if it takes a lot longer to program. That's one thing I found incredible about Matlab and Maple. Those programs would lock up a basic computer when doing a million iterations. Fortran on the other hand would spit out the answer in 10 seconds.
11-26-2007, 05:29 PM
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Re: anybody using FORTRAN programming language......
yea RS. it was first written in 1957 or whatever. but it has been revised countless times. i believe the most recent was 2003, could be wrong.....
thats like saying camaro was first sold in 1966.......therefore your's is completely outdated and a piece of ----
well.....the latter part may be true anyways
thats like saying camaro was first sold in 1966.......therefore your's is completely outdated and a piece of ----
well.....the latter part may be true anyways
11-26-2007, 05:54 PM
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Re: anybody using FORTRAN programming language......
Originally Posted by dtrain
yea RS. it was first written in 1957 or whatever. but it has been revised countless times. i believe the most recent was 2003, could be wrong.....
thats like saying camaro was first sold in 1966.......therefore your's is completely outdated and a piece of ----
well.....the latter part may be true anyways
thats like saying camaro was first sold in 1966.......therefore your's is completely outdated and a piece of ----
well.....the latter part may be true anyways
11-26-2007, 08:54 PM
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Re: anybody using FORTRAN programming language......
I don't follow your train of thought. How is learning how to do basic programming and following mathematical algorithms a complete waste of time? I learned some really neat interpolation methods and root finding methods in my class, so I would say it's worth it. There are some things you just can't do in mathematics without using numerics, and that's where computers come in.
11-26-2007, 08:56 PM
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Re: anybody using FORTRAN programming language......
Originally Posted by fork
taking that class is a complete waste of time and you should drop it or if its required you need to question who the ---- at your school thinks its useful
11-26-2007, 09:37 PM
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Re: anybody using FORTRAN programming language......
useless.....yes and no
they know that your never going to use FORTRAN in any respectable job. but its one of those weeding out processes. if you cant cut it with this then your wasting your time.
also, its a step method. this helps teach you how to form logical thinking
they know that your never going to use FORTRAN in any respectable job. but its one of those weeding out processes. if you cant cut it with this then your wasting your time.
also, its a step method. this helps teach you how to form logical thinking
11-26-2007, 11:39 PM
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Re: anybody using FORTRAN programming language......
Originally Posted by dtrain
useless.....yes and no
they know that your never going to use FORTRAN in any respectable job. but its one of those weeding out processes. if you cant cut it with this then your wasting your time.
also, its a step method. this helps teach you how to form logical thinking
they know that your never going to use FORTRAN in any respectable job. but its one of those weeding out processes. if you cant cut it with this then your wasting your time.
also, its a step method. this helps teach you how to form logical thinking
I never really saw logical thinking as something you could be taught, but I guess it's possible. I figured it was just a way some people processed thoughts, because I know a lot of people I never would imagine being useful programming or even capable of grasping it.
I learned my first language when I was still riding bikes and starting fires with friends, and it was assembly for the ARM Z80.
Good luck with it anyway, I don't even have an idea of what fortran code looks like. I have seen engineering job postings that require it though.
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