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From: Colin Paul Gloster <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org>
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Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered  "too specialized" for scientific use
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On Fri, 14 May 2010, Robin sent:

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|""Colin Paul Gloster" <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org> wrote in message     |
|news:alpine.LNX.2.00.1004132014460.3668@Bluewhite64.example.net...      |
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|| I met someone today who described himself as "an ordinary FORTRAN     |
|| programmer" who advocated C for the practical reason that libraries   |
|| are designed for C. He claimed that small tasks are good for multicore|
|| and large tasks are good for GPUs.                                    |
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|I think you will fnd that libraries are also designed for Fortran."     |
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They certainly are. He uses code based on LAPACK. If you are aware of
Fortran bindings to GPUs which you would care to inform me of, then I
could mention to him. Maybe he already knows about them, maybe not,
but I have already informed you of the reason he gave for advocating
C.