> I think you are in a tight loop, If you want all out speed then 
> Assembler or C are your best choice or alternatively a Code Generator
> which generates C (ie C++) Talking to my F1 freinds they use MatLab
> exclusively for control stuff

Or fortran. The annoying thing is that Delphi didn't slip behind C so much
as to be worth considering for things like matrix and mesh manipulation.
Benchmark for same in managed codes are hair-raising. Matlab is fine
for prototyping. Have it on my desktop, fast way to figure things out. Then
you implement it in compiled code. That said though, Matlab are getting
there with MPI implementation.

> The point is that only a small fraction of computing is scientific 
> therefore the target for most dev products is commercial

Sadly yes, though multimedia and gaming are also managed-code unfriendly
by all accounts though don't think gaming on compute-clusters is going to
take off :-)

> As an aside Nicklaus Wurth had to put his profession down as 'Physicist' 
> as the wouldn't accept 'Computer Programmer' when he got married
> How it has changed

Indeed.

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