C calls FORTRAN subroutine

[leiby at masscomp.UUCP]

Regarding the fellow who calls a FORTRAN subroutine from his C
program and is then unable to do I/O from within the FORTRAN
subroutine:

The problem here is that the FORTRAN start-up code maps logical
unit numbers to Unix(tm) file descriptors in an implementation
dependent way.  Since the main program is in C, none of this
setup gets done.  Thus when the FORTRAN I/O library call is
executed, it can't find a valid logical unit number table,
and the output (if any) is trashed.  I'd be amazed if the fellow
gets any output at all.

A solution?  Unless you have the compiler code to look at, I'm
afraid it's like the old joke:

	Patient:  Dr., it hurts when I do this.
	Doctor:	  Well, don't do that!!!

		Mike Leibensperger
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