[MPI3 Fortran] MPI Fortran bindings

[Jeff Squyres]

People are trying very hard on the code motion issue; it has received  
a significant amount of attention.  It's unclear yet whether it will  
be solved or not.

Stronger type checking, IMHO, is definitely worth new bindings.


On Jun 5, 2009, at 1:26 AM, Supalov, Alexander wrote:

> I say that the new binding should try to solve at least some of the  
> three fundamental issues mentioned, and hopefully introduce no new  
> ones in the process.
>
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>
> On Jun 4, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Supalov, Alexander wrote:
>
> > It does and I believe this is said in the standard. My point is that
> > adding yet another binding that looks "nicer" but does not resolve
> > any of the fundamental issues already experienced by the existing
> > Fortran interface is basically an exercise in futility.
> >
>
> Are you saying that if we can't fix *all* of the problems, we
> shouldn't fix *any* of the problems?
>
> If that's what you intended, I must respectfully disagree...
>
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