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| author | eschnett <eschnett@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac> | 2012-05-09 17:00:24 +0000 |
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| committer | eschnett <eschnett@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac> | 2012-05-09 17:00:24 +0000 |
| commit | 269208b713da721d832bfc9a75bdfc4da79dcf68 (patch) | |
| tree | ff3e0a97f920b143ceeacf9f0b5a15ba7aea9ec1 /doc | |
| parent | f2dd0519c32bf6bd059d99f557070d509035dbb3 (diff) | |
Remove outdated language recommendations
git-svn-id: http://svn.cactuscode.org/flesh/trunk@4820 17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/UsersGuide.pdf | bin | 789863 -> 789718 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/UsersGuide/ApplicationThorns.tex | 16 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/UsersGuide.pdf b/doc/UsersGuide.pdf Binary files differindex a627b66b..82438953 100644 --- a/doc/UsersGuide.pdf +++ b/doc/UsersGuide.pdf diff --git a/doc/UsersGuide/ApplicationThorns.tex b/doc/UsersGuide/ApplicationThorns.tex index 54ef1499..59d93373 100644 --- a/doc/UsersGuide/ApplicationThorns.tex +++ b/doc/UsersGuide/ApplicationThorns.tex @@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ The makefile is passed the following variables \item [\texttt{\$(THORN)}] the thorn name -\item [\texttt{\$(SCRATCH\_BUILD)}] the scratch directory where Fortran 90 module +\item [\texttt{\$(SCRATCH\_BUILD)}] the scratch directory where Fortran module files should end up if they need to be seen by other thorns. \item [\texttt{\$(NAME)}] the name of the library to be built @@ -1571,23 +1571,15 @@ returned to the original state. When you start writing a new thorn, the first decision to make is which programming language to use. The source code in Cactus thorns -can be written in any mixture of Fortran 77, Fortran 90, -C or C++. The following points should be considered when -choosing a language to work in +can be written in any mixture of C, C++, CUDA, or Fortran. +The following points should be considered when +choosing a language to work in: \begin{itemize} \item All functions designed for application thorn writers are available in all languages, however, some interfaces for infrastructure thorn writing are only available from C or C++. -% This is no longer relevant? -%\item If you are writing in Fortran, use \texttt{F77} if you want -% to distribute your code to people who may not be able to afford -% to buy proprietary Fortran 90 compilers. - -\item Stick to C rather than C++, unless you really need - features from C++, this will help you with portability. - \end{itemize} Whatever language you choose, if you want your thorn to be portable, and |