[Info-vax] message communication (VMS <> PC)

[Rich Jordan]

On Jan 21, 11:12 am, Rob Brown <mylastn... at gmcl.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 at 20:28 -0500, Arne Vajh?j wrote:
> > You can use QIO(W) from your Fortran code.
>
> > You can have your Fortran code call some C code
> > that uses standard socket code.
>
> > You can try and call the standard socket functions
> > directly from Fortran.
>
> > If you have a C compiler, then go for the second option. By
> > far the least complicated.
>
> Perhaps you should consider NETLIB from MadGoat.  It provides all of
> the usual socket functions, but with a more familiar VMS-style
> interface.  I think this was freeware, so look for it in the usual
> places.  I see that NETLIB V2.4 was the FREEWARE_8 CD.
>
> hth
>
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>
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I'll second NETLIB; it really makes the code a lot simpler if you
don't need to play in the intricacies of the socket level.