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Java as an Environment for Scientific Computing

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Advances in Software Tools for Scientific Computing

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering ((LNCSE,volume 10))

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Java is an object-oriented programming language that has attracted some interest in the software community due, in part, to its syntactic simplicity, robustness, platform independence and relative ease of programming. A key question with respect to the suitability of Java in scientific computing is its performance in numerically intensive tasks, especially when compared to other languages such as C++. Also of interest is the potential of Java as a replacement environment for scripting languages such as Perl and Tcl. Java’s potential in these areas is explored through feature comparisons and a case study in the use of Java for geometric modelling.

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  1. Telenor Research and Development Applied Media Technology, Kjeller, Norway

    John K. Arthur

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1080, 0316, Oslo, Norway

    Hans Petter Langtangen

  2. Numerical Objects A.S., P.O. Box 124 Blindern, 0314, Oslo, Norway

    Are Magnus Bruaset

  3. SINTEF Applied Mathematics, P.O. Box 124 Blindern, 0314, Oslo, Norway

    Ewald Quak

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Arthur, J.K. (2000). Java as an Environment for Scientific Computing. In: Langtangen, H.P., Bruaset, A.M., Quak, E. (eds) Advances in Software Tools for Scientific Computing. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57172-5_5

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