Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712091753320.30262@gannet.stats.ox.ac.uk>
Date: 2007-12-09T18:04:44Z
From: Brian Ripley
Subject: Using Fortran 95 in an R package?
In-Reply-To: <6buhm2$4vpm9n@toip7.srvr.bell.ca>
On Sun, 9 Dec 2007, John Fox wrote:
> Dear R-devel list members,
>
> What's the best current advice about writing Fortran code for use in R
> packages? The Writing R Extensions manual still says that the .Fortran
> interface is primarily intended for FORTRAN 77 code. In particular, are
> there portability issues if I use Fortran 95 in a package? For example, I
> see that Rtools for Windows now include the gfortran compiler.
Yes, there are still portability issues. We do still see quite a few
people using gcc3/g77 (especially on older Linux and commercial Unices)
and there are further issues if you make use of subprogram names
containing underlines. We don't distribute a cross-building solution for
Windows using gfortran (although one can be built, it will not be mature
until gcc 4.3.x is out).
However, I would not let that deter you: just use .f95 extensions on the
Fortran 95 files and avoid underlines. For Windows users you are
effectively requiring R >= 2.6.0.
Brian
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