# Use fortran libraries in Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/use-fortran-libraries-in-ruby/173584>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 11, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/use-fortran-libraries-in-ruby/173584 "2009-08-11T19:23:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leveille)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/use-fortran-libraries-in-ruby/173584/1 "2009-08-11T19:23:17Z")

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I noticed from an older post that I might want to try to use  
ruby2c2fortran to access the functionality of a fortran library in a  
ruby program. Is this pretty much my only option? I saw Ruby/DL but I  
could not figure out how that could be used.