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From: Dan Nagle <dannagle@verizon.net>
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Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered  "too specialized" for scientific use
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 09:36:42 -0400
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Hello,

On 2010-05-17 06:26:35 -0400, Colin Paul Gloster 
<Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org> said:

> 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.

There is a standard way of calling C functions from Fortran.
It is considered an important feature of Fortran 2003,
and is widely implemented.  Therefore, the I-need-a-C-library
reason for not using Fortran is not very strong (nor is that
a very strong reason for not using Ada).

Of course, YMMV.

People make emotional decisions, and then backfill
with rational (sounding) reasons.

-- 
Cheers!

Dan Nagle