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Subject: Fortran and C
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Date: 19 Oct 89 14:18:00 GMT
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                   I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

                                        Date:      19-Oct-1989 07:38am CDT
                                        From:      DENNIS L HART 
                                                   HART 
                                        Dept:      
                                        Tel No:    904-882-3154

TO:  _WINS%                               ( _DDN[XPERT@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU] )


Subject: Fortran and C

I have written a couple of messages inquiring about users who are
implementing DECwindow application programs using VMS and Fortran. I 
have received almost zero response and I can understand given X Windows
is originally C based, and I understand that C is the "standard" language 
being applied to writing windowed interfaces (at least X Window based). I 
cannot argue with why C may be better suited to this purpose; however, I 
am working in an exclusively Fortran environment and I do not have access 
to a C compiler running under VMS version 5+ (at this time). I would like 
to write windowing software using C but I need to be made aware of any 
problems that might exist when reading/writing data files that would be 
accessed by both Fortran and C application packages. I want to become more 
informed on this matter so I can determine whether or not I can make a case 
of developing future windowing software in C. 

P.S. I am still interested in others who are using DECwindows Toolkit 
     and/or Xlib routines under VMS via Fortran. I would like to know
     who out there is developing similar applications.


Dennis L. Hart
Atlantic Research Corporation
Directorate of Computer Sciences
Eglin AFB, Florida  32542
904-882-3154  or Autovon 872-3154