Re: A question on Newton's Method

Jon Harrop wrote:
> David M wrote:
> > FORTRAN is the
> > language I'm using since its easier then some of the others out
> > there
>
> If you're just starting out then I recommend you use a more
appropriate
> language, like Mathematica (commercial) or OCaml (free). Both of
these
> languages let you concentrate on the problem at hand, rather than
having to
> mess about with computer-specific problems. They are also much easier
to
> learn and use and they will allow you to solve much more difficult
and
> interesting problems.

Fortran 95 is a good language to learn the imperative (procedural)
style of programming for numerical work, with a few elements of
functional programming (pure and elemental functions) thrown in. The
g95 compiler http://www.g95.org is free .

What "computer-specific problems" do you avoid by using OCaml instead
of Fortran? Do you mean "platform-specific"?

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