971024: translating netCDF data into another format

Perry,

>Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:54:21 -0400 (EDT) 
>From: Perry Shafran <address@hidden>
>Organization: General Science Corporation
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 971024: translating netCDF data into another format 
>Keywords: 199710231718.LAA19840

In the above message, you wrote:

> I am curious as to why using the 
> version 3 subroutines is so highly recommended.

They are more efficient in time and memory.  The version 2 Fortran routines
use the version 2 C routines which use the version 3 C routines.  The
version 3 Fortran routines, however, use the version 3 C routines
directly.

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Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>