Should I convert FORTRAN code to C?

[J. Eaton]

In article <224 at raunvis.UUCP>, kjartan at raunvis.UUCP (Kjartan Pierre Emilsson Jardedlisfraedi) writes:
> 
> [stuff deleted about dynamic memory allocation]
>
>                                 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);}
> 
>   This may look very cryptic but then you only write it once anyway!

    Yes, perhaps, but you (and, most likely, someone else) will have
    to read it more than once.  Will that future reader be able to
    quickly grasp what is being done (especially if that future
    person is a scientific "programmer")?

> 	Say it in any language you like, but say it clearly!

    I agree.

 
> 			Kjartan Pierre Emilsson, Iceland.


    J. Eaton
    UT Dept of Chemical Engineering

    Practice what you preach.