- And even so, I think it would take a lot of expertise to write code in assembler that runs as fast as what's produced by modern optimizers. = Loren -----Original Message----- From: Fortran 90 List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Drew McCormack Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:16 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fortran/C Speed [...] So if you want it to go as fast as it can, without writing it in assembler ... you generally are better off in Fortran. [...]