3.4. Programming language considerations
Whenever an application is being developed, the question of the programming language to be used arises. The grid environment may include additional considerations.
Jobs that are made for high-performance computing are normally written in languages such as C or Fortran. Those jobs whose individual execution time does not play the most important role for the application, but whose contents and tasks are of more importance, may be written in other languages such as Java, or in scripting languages such as Perl.
Within a single grid application one might even consider writing various parts in different languages depending on the requirements for the individual jobs and available resources.
Some of the key ...
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