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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:52:14 -0400
From: "Peter C. Chapin" <pcc482719@gmail.com>
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Date: 2010-07-25T15:52:14-04:00
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On 2010-07-25 06:41, Ada novice wrote:

> I have seen other books in other programming languages written by
> engineers other than in the field of computer science. These books
> typically won't contain the most efficient implementation nor will use
> the best data types to represent a given entity. Many of engineers
> involved with numerical calculations still keep their own Fortran
> mentality and when they write a programming book in C for example, you
> can easily see how the C codes seem to be a mere line by line
> translation of some Fortran codes.

So are you saying that you are looking for a book on numerical methods
that is written by someone who is foremost a software engineer? I can
see your points.

Peter