Re: best software environment for numerical analysis

From: Andrzej Lewandowski (alewando_tego_nie_at_oddpost_tego_tez_nie.com)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:15:19 -0500

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:29:45 +0100, Phil Webb
<philwebb@nospam.radiolink.net> wrote:

>I am about to embark on a software project with intensive numerical
>analysis and i have been out of it(ie software) for a while.
>
>below is my project but i wanted to know what the best language to use
>is. My best guess is to use c++ and use kdevelop 3.1 on Suse Linux
>9.1, and that i will be able to compile other people's C or C++ code
>from the internet. (other linux distro's
>
>15 years ago i did a fortran simulation utilised in diffraction
>co-efficients for antenna desgn. now i assume all the fortran stuff is
>now essentially available in C or C++(or at least the stuff i need).

Fortran is still OK. You can get it free from Salford Software

http://www.salfordsoftware.co.uk/compilers/support/downloads.html

You can get both 95 and 77 free.

A.L.

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