In our look at scientific computing and the continued longevity of Fortran in science and engineering circles, one of the recurring themes in the discussion that followed was performance. One of the ...

We don’t know what normal people argue about, but we know we spend a lot of time arguing about the best microcontroller, which editor is the best, and what language or compiler does the best job. The ...

Most people I talk to seem to acclaim FORTRAN as the speed king for numerical computation. I don't know FORTRAN so I am kind of ignorant about it, but why is it so fast? Is it something to do with the ...