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From: amanda@iesd.dk (Per Abrahamsen)
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Subject: Re: Calling FORTRAN from C (Was: Need matrix inversion C routine).
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Date: 6 May 89 13:07:19 GMT
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In article <1415@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> charlie@mica.stat.washington.edu (Charlie Geyer) writes:

   ... How to write an intellegent C program [...] that calls a
   Fortran subroutine or is called by one. I know there is no portable
   answer to this now.  But shouldn't there be?

Something like

	extern "<language>" subrutine();

where <language> is any supported language?

C++ offer you that...

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