Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Is C++ better over .NET Math library ?

2005-07-11 Thread Sebastien Lorion
I am a bit surprised no one has mentionned Fortran yet ... For a math library, I would say it is a choice more than appropriate. There is a Fortran.NET compiler, thought I don't know how it compares to C# or C++ in terms of performance. Of course, you can't expect it to beat the Intel "optimized

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Is C++ better over .NET Math library ?

2005-07-11 Thread Peter Ritchie
I wasn't talking about the value-added algorithms. I was talking about the underlying features introduced by the language that may, inadvertently, affect performance. For, example, there is no string type in C, so pointers to character (or character arrays) are used. In C++ with MFC you have the

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Is C++ better over .NET Math library ?

2005-07-11 Thread Vijay Mahadevan
Ben, I used to work on C++ before i moved to .NET too. I am very impressed with the abilities of the framework and the ease with which you can write the same code in a shorter time. But, then again, IMO any framework cannot be generically used for all purposes and situations. Since my situation de

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Is C++ better over .NET Math library ?

2005-07-11 Thread Peter Ritchie
All the comments I've seen so far comparing C/C++ and .NET (specifically C#) have been *very* subjective. Lack of pointers in a language does not guarantee an improvement in quality. C# may remove dealings with pointers in the general case; but, that does not mean programmers working in "pointer-

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Is C++ better over .NET Math library ?

2005-07-11 Thread Kamen Lilov
Also, the bug rate when not using pointers drops dramatically. -Original Message- From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Kloosterman Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 3:11 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Calling a Web Service over the network

2005-07-11 Thread Lt. Col. Gecko Pointdexter
Outlook is (in)famous for adding and / or eating line breaks... It happened to me many times. If you are using Outlook and it's the first time you see this, you've been lucky until now. On 7/6/05, Steve Welborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply, > > Yea it answers my question. A