On: How to make Lisp go faster than C (2006) [pdf]

[bobthebuilders]

Not really, FORTRAN is still faster than C for numerical purposes due to array aliasing concerns.

[plafl → bobthebuilders]

AFAIK, not since 1999:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrict

But yes, Fortran can be as fast, although I'm not sure compilers are given the same love as in C

[_ph_ → plafl]

Depends about which compiler you are talking. I think there are very specialized Fortran compilers which produce excellent code for scientific applications.

[IshKebab → plafl]

People hardly ever use restrict. Anyway that's not the only advantage FORTRAN has. It also has native array support.