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A huge chunk of scientific and numerical libraries rely on Fortran, for which 64-bit support is seriously lacking on Windows. Doing this work is significantly
by FridgeSeal 6y ago
A huge chunk of scientific and numerical libraries rely on Fortran, for which 64-bit support is seriously lacking on Windows.
Doing this work is significantly easier out-of-the-box on Mac/Linux device.
Data Science is my main job and the first thing I did at my last job was ask if I could wipe windows and put Linux on the desktop they gave me.
- pjmlp 6y agoIntel and PGI Fortran work just fine on Windows, with VS integration as pointed by others already.
- ryl00 6y ago> A huge chunk of scientific and numerical libraries rely on Fortran, for which 64-bit support is seriously lacking on Windows. How so? mingw-64 exists, and so does Intel Fortran (with good integration with the VS IDE as well).