From: Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT <jupp@...>
Date: 2006-02-19T07:17:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Python for Fortran Programmers

Hi!

At Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:22:56 +0900, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:

> better still - ruby/dl can call into fortan libs directory : no
> binding required.  i think this only works with f77 code though...

Many people actually do not need Fortran 90+ support. What they need
is support for huge FORTRAN 77 code bases that consist of millions of
code-lines and are the result of man-millenia of coding and debugging.
Even if one would hire *all* people of adequate numerical mathematics
skills that can program it would most probably take years to re-write
and sufficently test all that code in another language. And quite a
number of these people would not give up their research no matter what
you pay them.

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
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value of the distance between earth and mars.