fortran95 or c for a new stellar evolution program?

[Frank Timmes]

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hi bill,

my 2 cents worth.

most modern "big" codes use a suit of languages.
typically, you'll find a blend of f90, f95, c, c++,
perl, and ruby. its the right screwdriver for the problem
philosophy. in addition, comfort of the user/developer
is important to gain acceptance. if someone is comfortable
with c, forcing them into using only f90 (or vis versa)
tends to alienate potential developers. the biggest problem
with this approach is linking all the tools together.
just ask anyone's whose tried to link hdf5 and mpich and
atlas and blacs :)

with regard to free f95 compilers, see the g95 and gfortran
projects.

fxt


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