[CMake] Mixing C++ and Fortran

[Honest Guvnor]

On Jan 29, 2008 6:21 PM, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com> wrote:
> Good Fortran support is relatively new to CMake.  In fact, CVS CMake is
> really the only version that handles all the Fortran depend stuff
> reliably.  CMake relies on the compiler to provide the correct run time
> libraries.  If you build with a C++ compiler, it will automatically link
> in the run time libraries for C++ that go with that compiler.  If you
> link with a fortran compiler, it will get the run time libraries for the
> fortran compiler.  So, CMake has not had to "care" about system runtime
> libraries.  It is easy to mix C with anything because both Fortran and
> C++ always link in the C runtime libraries by default.    Anyway, it is
> what it is.  If you figure something out, we could add it to the cmake
> modules directory.

Thanks for making the current status clear. I had not anticipated
working with cmake at this level but, then again, I am not sure the
alternatives currently serve our needs any better. I will take a look
at the CVS version next week.