Re: [9fans] FORTRAN and tools [was: Modern development language for Plan 9

[John Stalker <stalker@maths.tcd.ie>]

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, smiley@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 --
>
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