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

2014-11-06 18:04 GMT+00:00 Chris Barker <chris.barker@xxxxxxxx>:

>
> Quick comment on this:
>
> a previous post seemed to imply that Python was supported. I think the C
>> and Fortran libraries should be top priority,
>
>
> the netCDF4 python package is a wrapper around the C lib.
>
> So it is as robust as the C lib, but also just as hard to compile!
>
> I agree that C and Fortran are key (actually primarily C -- you should be
> abel to call C from Fortran anyway) And C gets you the ability to wrap for
> a whole pile of higher-level languages (Julia, Octave, R, etc....)
>
I think both are key! (you can similarly call fortran from C...)

>
> That leaves us with the Java world -- which does not map so easily to C
>
> What about .net, by the way? I don't care, but maybe some folks do ;-) I
> have no idea how hard it is to call C from .net languages...
>
> -Chris
>
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