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Subject: Re: Interfacing Fortran applications
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 22:57:25 +0200
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On 09/06/14 14:24, Michael Welle wrote:
 >> If you are to rewrite the Fortran app you can just as well use f2py from
 >> NumPy.
 > a rewrite of the application isn't possible. That would require
 > knowledge about what the used algorithms are, why they are implemented
 > as they are, that would require extensive testing with test cases that
 > don't exist.

You are ok with adding sockets and IPC to a Fortran app, but using f2py 
is off limits because it requires a rewrite? Sorry, this doesn't make 
any sense. But it's your problem, I don't care what you decide to do.


Sturla