1 Oct
2024
1 Oct
'24
7:09 p.m.
Hi Paul,
Arnold wrote:
I expect the structured-programming parts of C were being referred to as
a step up compared to Fortran 77. Ratfor was a step up in the same
direction.
Don't disagree about the HPTC side.
--
Cheers, Ralph.
This goes back to the evolution thing. At the
time, C was a huge
step up from FORTRAN and assembly.
Certainly it's a step up (and a BIG step up) from assembly.
But I'd say C is a step sidewise from Fortran. An awful lot of HPTC
programming involves throwing multidimensional arrays around and C is
not suitable for that.