I don't write in fortran, but I certainly link to libraries written in it. It is a truly awful language in any of its incarnations, but sometimes the library you need is in fortran. Fortunately it's not to hard to link to from C once you understand its calling conventions and array ordering.
> On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:21:28 +0000, smi...@zenzebra.mv.com wrote: > >> Ah. Thanks for the info. I asked because some of the physicists and > >> atmospheric scientists I work with are likely to insist on having > >> FORTRAN. I still have not figured how I will deal with that if at > >> all. > > > > I thought those folks used languages like Matlab & Mathematica for > > analysis, modeling, etc. At least those were what we used in the > > physics department @ RPI. > > Some of the scientists use those tools, but I am looking first at the > primary models like WRF <Weather Forcast>, CMAQ <Congestion Mitigation > and Air Quality>, etc., > > These are all written in FORTRAN 90/95/RatFOR, but some of the > underlying tools are written in C/C++, but only a few. If you can show > me a Matlab Global Circulation Model (even for a single cell, but which > accounts for the vertical profile and pressure) I'll arrange to buy you > a beer or your favorite beverage. > > I know of some of the energy budget models <ex: > http://www.shodor.org/master/environmental/general/energy/application.html> > and similar things, but I would prefer to port something to HPD9 that > is a little more substantial. I want to couple various other models > like plant growth and survivorship, economics, etc. > > EBo -- > -- John Stalker School of Mathematics Trinity College Dublin tel +353 1 896 1983 fax +353 1 896 2282
