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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,99a6311c4195e21b X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,99a6311c4195e21b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." Subject: Re: Matrix Multiplication Date: 1999/12/14 Message-ID: <836cul$djp$1@hobbes2.crc.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 560788141 References: <385699B5.59C14D03@lmco.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@crc.com X-Trace: hobbes2.crc.com 945207061 13945 198.175.145.56 (14 Dec 1999 21:31:01 GMT) Organization: CRC: A wholly owned subsidiary of Thermo Electron NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Dec 1999 21:31:01 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.fortran Date: 1999-12-14T21:31:01+00:00 List-Id: William Dale wrote in message news:385699B5.59C14D03@lmco.com... > OK, > I was challenged by one of my co-workers - a control and guidance type - > not a real software engineer. > > His claim : "Fortran is faster doing floating point multiplication than > Ada" > > I could not get any other specifications such as hardware, particular > compiler, version, vendor, special math libraries or any other > equivocations. Just he > claims the above in all cases. > > So could I get some help getting times for a Matrix inversion on a 50X50 > flotaing point matrix in both languages. Anyone already done these > types of tests? Any sugestions on special libraries that he may not know > about to do such things in Ada. Obviously he has the Fortan side nailed. > > I know it is silly but this is the kind of FUD that gets thown around > all the time. Either language could win - it depends on many of the > above issues. Well... any meaningful comparison could only be drawn if both subprograms were implementing the same algorithm.