From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,90c3c79963d78580 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-09 14:57:40 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.71!wnfilter1!worldnet-localpost!bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3AF9BDDB.6706BAF1@worldnet.att.net> From: James Rogers X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Numerical Computation and Ada95 References: <9dc4sh$ru5$1@ulysses.noc.ntua.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 21:57:40 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.86.32.50 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 989445460 12.86.32.50 (Wed, 09 May 2001 21:57:40 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 21:57:40 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7407 Date: 2001-05-09T21:57:40+00:00 List-Id: N&J wrote: > > Hi all, > I have posed the question whether Ada95 is suitable for numerical > programming at the newsgroup of numerical analysis. > I asked if Ada95 is better that Fortran90/95 and C++ for writing programs > for numerical computation and the reply was that the Ada language > specification requires extensive > run-time checks which slows down the programs. I thought it would be better > to ask your opinion too. I have noticed that there are too few numerical > programs in Ada95 for numerical computation is the above fact the real cause > for this? Finally would you suggest someone to use Ada95 for numerical code? > > Thanks, > John You might look at the work done by Martin Stift at http://fedelma.astro.univie.ac.at/web/home.html Martin has very successfully used Ada in the field of Astrophysical calculations. This is a field where Fortran is the traditional language of choice. Martin explains why he believes Ada is a much better choice. Jim Rogers Colorado Springs, Colorado USA