Bill Long wrote: > It may not be part of the traditional domain of Fortran, but that's > not the same as being impossible, or even difficult. Well, you are more then welcome to write one in Fortran, and sure, it can probably be done. But I suspect there are better languages to use for this. I am not saying that is C, but there is likely to be some C library or interface to some existing library. Duplicating efforts just so the parser can be written in Fortran hardly seems justified. If it were a numerical application, especially a new one, then by all means, write it in Fortran. But if it has been done before and is not particularly suited to Fortran, I see no point. This is IMO, of course. Aleks