I think this project (fortran 90 parser) is a good idea...with that
having been said....I'd like to comment on something...
>Further, I have a strong suspicion that
>much of the code has been written in C and is
> not highly portable.
>
> I would still encourage the pursuit of this
>project. I would suggest that we
> accept code in other languages where ever
>necessary, but require Fortran
> compatible file formats (perhaps using
>f2c for file I/O), relatively simple
Hey, I have all the love in the world for Fortran, but since when is C
"not highly portable"? I'm monitoring a project to add F90 features to
a F77 code, and I'm seeing all kinds of compiler dependent results, and
not in the libraries (C's weakness) but rather in the language features
(derived types, pointers, allocatable arrays, and the combination of
these).
I'm forced by management to use F90, so our project will make the best
of it, and take advantages of F90's strengths. However, I think I'd
have a much more portable code using ANSI C.
Simon
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