Java with Fortran - possible with GCJ ?

Wed Apr 3 11:07:00 GMT 2002

Hello,
I will soon begin work on converting pieces of an
atmospheric chemistry model, which is implemented in
Fortran, to an object-oriented design/implementation. 
The plan at this point is to use C++ for the OO
converted parts of the program since C++ classes can
be compiled into native object files and linked in
with the Fortran program. However I am more familiar
with Java and would like to use Java as the
implementation language.
>From the brief description of GCJ that I've read it
looks like it may be a good alternative for me if I
want to use Java for the OO parts. I hope so.
Has anyone done this sort of thing before, and if so
can you give some high-level pointers to someone who
is quite new to this sort of development ? [My recent
experience has been solely with Java/JSP/JDBC and it
has been many years since I've had to deal with make
files, linking object files, etc. and I know no
Fortran.]
Is GCJ somewhat mature by now, i.e. are most of the
major kinks worked out by now to make it comparable to
the average C++ compiler in terms of ease of use,
performance of codes, etc. ?
Are there any IDE's which can use GCE, or perhaps a
better question, how would I integrate GCE with an IDE
such as Visual Age, XEmacs/JDE or Rational's XDE ?
I will really appreciate any feedback. Thanks in
advance.
-James
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