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does it take longer for a MATLAB script to execute because the computer has to convert the script into a language that it understands? Also, does that take longer than actually executing the code in some cases? x = ones(1000,1000,1000) x = rand(x) x = erf(x) Now, let's say I have a Fortran...

So, let me make sure this statement is correct: Let's say I wrote a program in Fortran that can process the equivalent of a Python or MATLAB script and distributed as .f source code, it would run more quickly than MATLAB or Python (assuming that same math underlied the routines being done)...

That is part of what I am asking. Maybe it would be more clear if I remove Python and say that I am comparing a compiled Fortran program which has data compiled with it to one that acts on a data file. Let's say my problem involves a large matrix in several dimensions and could take days or...

I am going to use Fortran and Python as examples of a compiled and a scripting language in this question. If I write a Fortran program and compile it, it is going to process data more quickly than a python script that does the same thing. However, what if I write a Fortran program that...

My apologies for any confusion. I stated what I was doing so there would be no question that just about any piece of hardware (even a programmable calculator) would have no problem doing the calculations. I am looking for a hardware advisement. Something older/cheaper, with an OS that has a...

I have a fortran program I would like to run on some kind of portable device. Ideally, it would be an older and cheaper device. Does anyone have any advice? The program takes an input from the user (which is an incorrect luminance value read from a 40 year old light meter) and feeds it...

Thanks for all of your helpful replies!

Definitely check out, "Age determinations by radiocarbon content: checks with samples of known age" by Arnold and Libby (1949). http://hbar.phys.msu.ru/gorm/fomenko/libby.htm Creationists will commonly object that decay rates were different in the past. Point out that heat is released from...

I am a graduate geology student and have been using MATLAB for about a year now. I began learning C a while back to have a broader tool-set to work with but found that it just got in the way of learning material more specific to my major. Besides, MATLAB does everything I need anyway. That...