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C'mon guys...what do you think it is? 
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Originally Posted by anthmoo  C'mon guys...what do you think it is?
C++? | TRS-80 BASIC. 
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Originally Posted by topsquark TRS-80 BASIC.
-Dan | Would you be inclined to say its the algorithmic godsend? |
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Originally Posted by anthmoo Would you be inclined to say its the algorithmic godsend? | If you are still programming in the early 80's maybe. (Though I think they were using FORTRAN even then.)
It was a joke.
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"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." - The Litany Against Fear, "Dune" by Frank Herbert |
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Originally Posted by anthmoo C'mon guys...what do you think it is?
C++? | It depends on what you are trying to do. Its a trade off between run time
and your time.
If your time is the limiting resource then MATLAB and its relatives are
preferred. If execution time then a modern FORTRAN variety is advisable.
Other constraints may dictate a number of other languages.
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Originally Posted by CaptainBlack It depends on what you are trying to do. Its a trade off between run time
and your time.
If your time is the limiting resource then MATLAB and its relatives are
preferred. If execution time then a modern FORTRAN variety is advisable.
Other constraints may dictate a number of other languages.
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How about for algorithms for discrete maths?  |
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Originally Posted by anthmoo How about for algorithms for discrete maths? | You mean running graph algorithms and such??
The easiest of course is the C family (at least to me) 
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Originally Posted by anthmoo How about for algorithms for discrete maths? | In anger or as an educational exercise?
If in anger the language will be determined by other considerations.
(in fact it does not matter all high level languages can express the
same algorithms just some are more convienient for some things
and others for other things. I would never recomend a C dialect for
use in education, I have not used it myself but I understand that
Python has an enthusiatic following)
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use in education.
RonL | Hey CB,
I did not get you...
What do you mean "in" education?
Also I wonder why would Python(you mean general interpreter languages, right?) be preferred over C?
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Originally Posted by Isomorphism Hey CB,
I did not get you...
What do you mean "in" education?
Also I wonder why would Python(you mean general interpreter languages, right?) be preferred over C?
Thanks | Because C is not a good educational vehicle.
The development cycle with an interpreted language is very much faster
than with a compiled so that is a point in it's favour. However I did say
that I know little about Python, but had heard good opinions of it.
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Originally Posted by Cat911 what about latex?? | LaTeX is not a programming language it is a typesetting language.
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