2002/10/16 by P. F. Peterson, Peter F. Peterson, Peterson, P. F. +3
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Condensed Matter (cond-mat) #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #FOS: Physical sciences #cond-mat
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0210355
Talk at NOBUGS2002 Conference, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD NOBUGS abstract identifier NOBUGS2002/024 4 pages, LaTex, 0 figures
arxiv created 2002/10/16 · openalex publication_date 2002/10/16 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In science we often use established code that was developed many years ago. Frequently the documentation is lost and many of us know the feeling of putting a number in the wrong column and trying to understand why the program is not working. However, these old codes are usually very useful, well tested and established. Rather than writing new code from scratch, which must first be tested against the established standard, it is desirable to put a new front end on the standard, commonly referred to as 'wrapping'. This paper will discuss wrapping of FORTRAN code using a selection of other languages to provide simpler user interface.