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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Array operations in FORTRAN are much easier for the compiler heavily optimize than it is in c/c++ due to its array model and type system. You can achieve much of the same thing with modern compiler extensions, but it’s difficult and not as portable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

That's interesting, thanks