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> Of course, If the best algorithm is known beforehand or the manpower is not a problem, a lower level-language is probably faster, but this is seldom the case
by smitty1e 5y ago
> Of course, If the best algorithm is known beforehand or the manpower is not a problem, a lower level-language is probably faster, but this is seldom the case in real life.
One is wary of one-dimensional analysis of anything in a software context.
Who cares if the Fortran library runs like the blue blaze, if it cannot be readily maintained?
- Bostonian 5y agoIt is possible to write maintainable modern Fortran without gotos with small functions and subroutines. OOP with inheritance and dynamic polymorphism is possible since the Fortran 2003 standard.