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On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 12:27:54 AM UTC+1, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> I have been trying Ada to see how suitable it is for computational
> work (I am studying finite elements, and wanted to try Ada for
> basic programs).


In finite element formulations, one will usually end up with sparse matrice=
s. I do not know whether Ada has support for such matrices. Matlab for inst=
ance has dedicated solver(s) for the system Ax=3Db when A is a sparse matri=
x. I think beside storage consideration, sparse matrices solvers are faster=
 (I can be wrong though).

There was a discussion in one posts on CLA here some two years back about s=
parse matrices. Forgotten which thread it was though.

YC=20