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Re: [netcdfgroup] what is status of netCDF3 vs netCDF4?

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Nick Papior Andersen <nickpapior@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I think both are key! (you can similarly call fortran from C...)
>

You can, but the ABIs are not standardised, and Fortran compilers are
harder to come by. i.e. I know of no system with a Fortran compiler and no
C compiler, but plenty with C and not Fortran.

Not that you should do only one, but if you have to choose, C is the lower
common denominator.

-Chris



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