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Compute-intensive cross-platform library, which language?
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kenarsa
on May 21, 2024
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Suppose you were going to create a compute-intensive cross-platform library in 2024. What would you use? C, C++, Rust, or something else?
Bostonian
on May 21, 2024
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If the domain is scientific computing, consider Fortran, for which compilers are available on most platforms.
pklausler
on May 21, 2024
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It depends how portable they want their code to be across implementations and over time. Fortran compilers vary widely in their interpretations of the language, more so than mainstream C/C++ compilers do.
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