20010516: SX-4 port

Richard,

I'm afraid that we don't have the resources necessary to support the
netCDF package on an exotic platform to which we have no access.  This
may change if NCAR ever obtains an SX-4.

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

>Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:16:55 -0500
>From: Richard Hanson <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20010514: SX-4 port 
>Keywords: 200105161516.f4GFGHp09754
>
> Dear Steve,
> 
> I have been trying to install netcdf 3.5 on the SX-4.  There is a problem 
> in a generic interface to subprograms that deal with byte sized data and 16 
> bit data.  The Fortran compiler recognizes the byte type and classifies it 
> as the same kind as the 16 bit.  Thus the interface can't distinguish 
> between the types.  A fix, I believe, can be made by removing one of the 
> routine names not used in a particular application.  But a real fix ought 
> to configure a source code with only one choice.  If this is not clear and 
> you need to talk, feel free to contact me.
> Richard Hanson
> 
> Richard J. Hanson, Rice Center for High Performance Software Research
> Ph. 713 348 5304, e-mail:  address@hidden