There are many script languages around with particular advantages and
disadvantages. They are particularly useful as "glue" between
applications, generating configuration files etc.
One application of such languages that I consider highly desirable is
their ability to be embedded in an application so that the application
becomes programmable by the end-user (without the need for additional
compilation)
As I understand it a difficulty with most of the scripting languages
that are popular today (e.g. Perl, Python, TCL) is the extra difficulty
involved in embedding them in Fortran programs. This is partly due, I
understand??, to the fact that the scripting languages are typically
written in C and so interoperability issues become significant.
So my question: Is the Midgley scripting-language easily "embeddable" in
a Fortran application?
David.
Stuart Midgley wrote:
> But python isn't written in Fortran...
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>> Are you familiar with Python? In some respects what you looks like
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>> Python. The most troublesome aspect of Python, for Fortran users, is
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>> character substring notation, which is just like Fortran's, but off by
>> one.
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