[Info-vax] OpenVMS async I/O, fast vs. slow

[bill]

On 11/5/2023 9:09 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 11/5/2023 8:41 PM, bill wrote:
>> On 11/5/2023 7:39 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> So the Fortran code still exist, but the scientists don't use
>>> it and don't even see it.
>>
>>
>> I have to admit I have never seen anything about Python generating or
>> being converted into Fortran.
> 
> Neither.
> 
> But Python code may (and for scientific computing usually do) use
> libraries written in Fortran.

Oh...  If all your talking about is libraries there really isn't any
reason I can think of why any language can't call libraries written in
a different language.  I know that I can certainly (and frequently do)
call C libraries from COBOL.  And back in the good old days we used to
call the math functions from NAGLIB in lots of different languages.

But I have to ask the question...  If Python is so good why are the
libraries written in Fortran?

bill