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| Re: Mixed C++ FORTRAN Project Help Needed [message #1237437 is a reply to message #1236772] |
Wed, 29 January 2014 18:24  |
 Mike Tarullo
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Registered: April 2010 |
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I'm going to reply to my own post, in the hope that what I found out may help others that are just starting out.
The Eclipse Help Platform - Fortran Development User Guide had all the information I needed to get a Fortran project going, albeit a very simple one (Hello World). Just being able to create a project, build it and execute it is quite a confidence builder. But this is only a start and a long way from being able to manage a non-trivial project! From here I just plan to build on this very simple foundation very slowly.
When I wrote this reply there were over 12K views of my original post but no replies. I noticed the advice one responder gave to someone who had posted a general and somewhat open-ended question, post a specific question if you want to get an answer. While I can understand this, sometimes people just starting out have general questions and just need some recommendations.
For instance, does anyone have any recommendations on if it is better for a mixed C++/Fortran project to be created as a C++ project with combined C++\Fortran source code and build the project as a single executable or to build the Fortran code as a library (static or dynamic) project, build the C++ project as a separate project and call the Fortran code from the C++ executable?
Now for a somewhat more specific question related to the above. If it is better to build the Fortran code as a library (or one just wanted to experiment with this option) how do you create a "library project"? The documentation appears to only address how to create an executable.
Also, now that I have followed the rather cookbook steps to create a Fortran project in Eclipse and can build and execute it, I would like to understand more about why I am picking the options explained in the documentation, rather than just doing it by rote. I have checked the rest of the documentation but there does not seem to be an explanation of the options selected when creating the project.
Thank you,
Mike
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