From: bbense+comp.lang.ruby.Aug.28.02@...
Date: 2002-08-29T00:30:49+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] What New Language After Ruby?

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In article <9dmkmu0brmhrmsivkjo2c0d0nkr5vc4euc@4ax.com>,
 <Tim.Hunter@sas.com> wrote:
>Yes, calling FORTRAN from C is do-able and worth the trouble if 1)
>what you're doing is something that FORTRAN does well, such as
>numerical analysis, or 2) you need to call routines that are only
>available in FORTRAN.
>
>As for _how_ to do it, the best thing I can say is "consult your C
>and/or FORTRAN compiler documentation." Inter-programming-language
>communication is extremely vendor-dependent. There are issues
>regarding memory management, data types, exception handling, etc.
>

- - There's a package floating around called cfortran that provides
a lot of the glue necessary. 

- - Booker C. Bense 

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