> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been programming in fortran 90/95 for over 5 years now, and I enjoy
> very much the new modular and object orientated features that fortran
> now includes.
>
> In fact, it seems to me that fortran is at a stage where it should
> become easier to start exchanging full modules rather than individual
> routines (as in numerical recipes for example). For instance, I've
> developed for my purposes a module which defines vectors and all the
> operations associated with them. Of course many other people have done
> this too. I've also written a couple of modules which have interfaces
> defined for f77 libraries (e.g. PGPLOT or CFITSIO).
>
> I have come across various websites where programmers make available the
> routines that they use. However, in some cases it is hard to know
> whether this code is being maintained, etc., and how popular it is.
>
> As far as I am aware, there does not appear to be any large centralized
> repository for fortran 90/95 modules, where users could leave comments
> about the modules, rate then by e.g. code quality, speed, etc... I think
> this would be invaluable. So some kind of mix between the CPAN archive
> for perl, and sourceforge for complete programs or libraries.
>
> First, am I missing the obvious - does such a repository exist? If not,
> do others agree that this would be useful? I don't think I have the
> experience to set up such a system from scratch, but I would certainly
> be happy to be involved in helping in some way.
>
> Would such a system be difficult to set up? Are there existing
> frameworks that have been developed for other languages that can be used
> for this?