Or, perhaps this is all just a long, horrible dream. And you will awaken and discover that there never was an EarthWaves board (humor intended).

Fortran does sound preferable to C. And the Fortran compilers might actually generate C type code for the computer to use.

I was surprised that those two Fortran compilers you looked at had such different results times.

If this is not all a dream then it is the holiday season. And best wishes for that. Good luck with your new house if I read correctly about your getting one. Hope you picked something that is not near any mudslide areas or forest fires.

Most of the major charts on my forecast Web page have now been updated. The last one should be done in a few minutes. Then it is off for some holiday dinner with the relatives.