Thanks Mark--sorry about the slip of semantics on my part--I do indeed understand that GSL is a set or routines--and not a language-- which is exactly what I like about it. And as such it favours C. Fortunately myself and most of the people I work with share the same historic understanding of why C is useful and superb for scientific use.
cheers Fritz On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 3:41 PM Mark Galassi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I also need to be sure that a language (e.g. GSL) [...] > > Like others I'm delighted to hear of your interest in GSL, but I do need > to point out that GSL is *not* a language -- it's a library of routines > that can be called from various languages. The most natural is C, but most > widely used VHLLs have GSL bindings. > > GSL's first release was in 1996, and it continues to have solid use, so > you don't need to worry about longevity there. And the longevity of C code > is extreme: the C standards committee is very careful about not disrupting > the possible use of old code. As an example, I recently rebuilt GSL code > from 20 years ago and it required almost no effort. >
