Re: [Help-gsl] Should I learn C or C++

[Abraham Zamudio]

This is the reason in PETSc :

Why is PETSc programmed in C, instead of Fortran or C++?C enables us to
build data structures for storing sparse matrices, solver information, etc.
in ways that Fortran simply does not allow. ANSI C is a complete standard
that all modern C compilers support. The language is identical on all
machines. C++ is still evolving and compilers on different machines are not
identical. Using C function pointers to provide data encapsulation and
polymorphism allows us to get many of the advantages of C++ without using
such a large and more complicated language. It would be natural and
reasonable to have coded PETSc in C++; we opted to use C instead.


On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 2:06 AM, John Chludzinski <address@hidden
> wrote:

> GSL is written in C.
>
> To avoid the no-value-added complexities of C++, try using/learning Python.
>
>
> 2012/4/6 Omar Andrés Zapata Mesa <address@hidden>
>
> > Hi Alexander.
> > I think is better idea learn c++ because you can use several code that
> > implement Gnu Scientific Library like http://root.cern.ch written in C++
> > and many others.
> > If you learn c++ is very easy understand C code but not the other way.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:25 PM, John Chludzinski <
> > address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> If you want to get to work ASAP - learn C. If you want to invest lots of
> >> time up front before you begin using GSL, go for C++.
> >>
> >> I know both but prefer using simple C (actually, --std=C99) when writing
> >> numerical code.
> >>
> >> ---John
> >>
> >> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Alexander Gallego <address@hidden
> >> >wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I need to implement the GSL but I'm not sure if I should better learn
> C
> >> or
> >> > C++ in order to make a correct and fast use of the library.
> >> > Which language do you recommend?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks too much.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Alexander Gallego C.
> >> > Instituto de Fí­sica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales.
> >> > Universidad de Antioquia.
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> >
>



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Abraham Zamudio Ch.