Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-05 Thread Tom Conley
On 5/4/2017 9:01 PM, Steve Beaver wrote: That would be a great project for Connor if IBM would let him tackle it Steve If they haven't RA'd him yet (oops, did I just say that out loud?). Seems to me they're tackling this Fortran thing incorrectly. You can make all the source changes you wa

Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Edward Finnell
Yeah, Intel has their version of Parallel Fortran for they're massively Parallel processors. https://goparallel.sourceforge.net/use-fortran-visual-studio/ Now whether it's gonna assimilate old Fortran is a formidable undertaking. Time, cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca writes: Knowing the

Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Clark Morris
[Default] On 4 May 2017 15:53:17 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main ste...@copper.net (Steve Thompson) wrote: >On 05/04/2017 06:08 PM, Clark Morris wrote: > >> Since this is old Fortran, I suspect that the given simulation can >> only use one core. It also may be limited in the memory it can use or

Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Steve Beaver
runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster Do I detect shades of Automatic Binary Optimizer for FORTRAN? Would developing that app be worth $50K? Maybe a new project for Connor... . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co

Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Thompson Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 3:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code

Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Steve Thompson
On 05/04/2017 06:08 PM, Clark Morris wrote: Since this is old Fortran, I suspect that the given simulation can only use one core. It also may be limited in the memory it can use or does use. Having a good optimizing compiler would help and one may or may not be available for the box used. The

Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Edward Finnell
Amdahl had a Vector Fortran that really added some giddyup if you had a Vector processor. Don't know if would scale to multinode processors. In a message dated 5/4/2017 5:08:49 P.M. Central Daylight Time, cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca writes: Since this is old Fortran, I suspect that the give

Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Clark Morris
[Default] On 4 May 2017 11:18:43 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main mp...@suse.com (Mark Post) wrote: On 5/4/2017 at 09:56 AM, Phil Smith wrote: > >> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39803425 >> >> So my question on this is, "If this old code ran anywhere near to acceptably >> when it was

Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 5/4/2017 at 09:56 AM, Phil Smith wrote: > http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39803425 > > So my question on this is, "If this old code ran anywhere near to acceptably > when it was written, how can it possibly not be fast enough on modern > hardware?!" My guess would be that over time

Re: [EXTERNAL] FW: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread John McKown
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Re: [EXTERNAL] FW: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread John McKown
mpfami > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of IronSphere by SecuriTeam Software > Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2017 9:28 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Nasa runs competition to he

Re: [EXTERNAL] FW: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)
y, IT Operations and Services -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 10:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] FW: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code f

Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Tom Conley
On 5/4/2017 9:55 AM, Phil Smith wrote: (Note to the Brits: That's "NASA", not "Nasa"-yeah, yeah, house style. But stupid.) http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39803425 So my question on this is, "If this old code ran anywhere near to acceptably when it was written, how can it possibly not be f

FW: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Steve Beaver
m Software Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2017 9:28 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster Old compilers that uses many branchs and short words? Itschak בתאריך 4 במאי 2017 16:57,‏ "Phil Smith" כתב: > (Note to the Brits: That

Re: Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread IronSphere by SecuriTeam Software
Old compilers that uses many branchs and short words? Itschak בתאריך 4 במאי 2017 16:57,‏ "Phil Smith" כתב: > (Note to the Brits: That's "NASA", not "Nasa"-yeah, yeah, house style. But > stupid.) > > http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39803425 > > So my question on this is, "If this old code ran

Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster

2017-05-04 Thread Phil Smith
(Note to the Brits: That's "NASA", not "Nasa"-yeah, yeah, house style. But stupid.) http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39803425 So my question on this is, "If this old code ran anywhere near to acceptably when it was written, how can it possibly not be fast enough on modern hardware?!" --