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From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Calling FORTRAN from C (Was: Ne
Message-ID: <8905181540.AA06912@cartier.dgp.toronto.edu>
Date: 18 May 89 15:40:35 GMT
References: <176@csun1.UUCP> <7800008@gistdev>
Organization: Dynamic Graphics Project, University of Toronto
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In article <7800008@gistdev> flint@gistdev.UUCP writes:
>An example: The main() routine is in C which calls Fortran routines which
>in turn call C routines.  Unfortunately, the Fortran parts use some string
>functions ...
>Can you just add a -lF77?  Wrong, ...
>
>The end result is that if I want to do any output at all from the Fortran
>code, I have to call a C routine to do it...

Why not just have your main in Fortran?  It could be just a call to cmain().
I think this solves this problem.  Of course, it doesn't solve this problem
when you are trying to compile with two non-C languages, but for just one it's
fine.

ajr