Should I convert FORTRAN code to C?

[Robert Firth]

The following code, contributed by a C programmer, allocates dynamic
memory for a two-dimensional array:

>                                 For this particuliar
> data structure, the subroutine is basically a one-liner:
> 
> double **Create2DArray(w,h)
> int w,h;{ double **r;
> for(r=(double**)calloc(h,sizeof(*r));h-->0;r[h]=(double*)calloc(w,sizeof(**r)));
> return(r);}

Any Fortran programmer who seriously proposes to convert to C would, in
my opinion, be advised to study this example very carefully.  Verbum
sapienta sufficit.