Not every gnome was pictured in the hack gallery. There were literally hundreds. And even so, there were at least several gnomes of african descent and at least one jewish gnome
I actually like programming in Lisp--but some of what i "know" comes from old texts. Or perhaps I simply mistook the text's functional explanation for an explanation of implementation.
The problem with using CL for heavy computing tasks is that Lisp is a linklist-based language. Linklists are very elegant to the programmer, yet they are extremely time-inefficient. A FORTRAN compiler makes good use of the fact that, in integer_4 array foo, foo(bar) is exactly 4 bytes away from foo(bar+1).
I am currently using FORTRAN 90 to write Maxwell's Equations simulation code.
At first I was a bit leery of programming in FORTRAN, but after a couple of months on the project I wouldn't start anything similar in another language. The array and mathematical manipulation capability of FORTRAN is just much better. FORTRAN 90 offers more readability than C, anyway.
So yes, definately learn FORTRAN. For an experienced coder it should be the work of an afternoon to get the basics. The only problem is the output--it might take another whole afternoon to learn format statements.
I would imagine it would be cheaper to buy a piece of hardware than reverse-engineer it, convert it to a format suitable for the plastic chips, and produce it. Most hardware would still be released in premade forms.
After all, it's not as if this is a *copier.*
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Not every gnome was pictured in the hack gallery. There were literally hundreds. And even so, there were at least several gnomes of african descent and at least one jewish gnome
mea culpa.
I actually like programming in Lisp--but some of what i "know" comes from old texts. Or perhaps I simply mistook the text's functional explanation for an explanation of implementation.
The problem with using CL for heavy computing tasks is that Lisp is a linklist-based language. Linklists are very elegant to the programmer, yet they are extremely time-inefficient. A FORTRAN compiler makes good use of the fact that, in integer_4 array foo, foo(bar) is exactly 4 bytes away from foo(bar+1).
I am currently using FORTRAN 90 to write Maxwell's Equations simulation code.
At first I was a bit leery of programming in FORTRAN, but after a couple of months on the project I wouldn't start anything similar in another language. The array and mathematical manipulation capability of FORTRAN is just much better. FORTRAN 90 offers more readability than C, anyway.
So yes, definately learn FORTRAN. For an experienced coder it should be the work of an afternoon to get the basics. The only problem is the output--it might take another whole afternoon to learn format statements.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I tried to use Frontpage for web design, but it melted into a puddle of brown goo and hot water.
I would imagine it would be cheaper to buy a piece of hardware than reverse-engineer it, convert it to a format suitable for the plastic chips, and produce it. Most hardware would still be released in premade forms. After all, it's not as if this is a *copier.*