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Tela (TEnsor LAnguage) is a scientific computing language and
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environment. It is mainly targeted for prototyping large-scale
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numerical simulations and doing pre- and postprocessing for them, and
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it replaces a compiled language like C++ or Fortran in this
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respect. The feature set is therefore biased to operations needed in
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partial differential equation solvers. A relatively complete graphics
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is included via a separate program (PlotMTV). Tela uses HDF format as
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native save/load format. It can also read/write Matlab binary files
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and some ASCII files.
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Tela is generally 2-4 times faster than Matlab, the extremeties
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encountered so far are 0.9-11. Even though Tela is mainly a
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prototyping and development environment, modest-size 2D simulations
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can be run in modern (1994) desktop workstations while preserving
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"interactive" response times. Only large 2D or 3D simulations must
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usually be coded in C or Fortran and run on supercomputers.
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