Comparison of C++ and Fortran 90 for object-oriented scientific programming

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-36

  Cary, John R ^a   Shasharina, Svetlana G ^a   Cummings, Julian C ^b   Reynders, John V W ^b   Hinker, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Dakota Scientific Software Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

C++; Fortran 90; Object oriented programming; Scientific computing

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CODES (SYMBOLS); FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

OBJECT ORIENTED SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0031237234     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4655(97)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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