From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Stalker To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-reply-to: <61b63bb81109d1b731fd899e371d271a@swcp.com> References: <38899c887189359a27e790996ae92c00@terzarima.net> <78c41896424e345485cd1d783502fd9e@swcp.com> <86ei7pkmhj.fsf@cmarib.ramside> <61b63bb81109d1b731fd899e371d271a@swcp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <4236.1296774512.1@kryten-en0.lany63.cz> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 23:08:38 +0000 Message-ID: <201102032308.aa76381@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Subject: Re: [9fans] FORTRAN and tools [was: Modern development language for Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: abeef52c-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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 , CMAQ 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 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