Im not sure what you need to do, but the C library only reads netcdf files. If 
you want opendap access, thredds catalogs, etc, you need the Java version.
If none of that is needed, then choose the language you know the best.
If you dont know, then use Java, its a much better language.
Thiha Min wrote:
Hi John,
 
I am a graduate student from University of Texas at Austin working with 
Dr. David Maidment and Tim Whiteaker.   I am going to write a web 
service for a data set called DAYMET which uses NetCDF.  I am thinking 
what language to use for implementing the web service.  I wonder how the 
current situation of NetCDF Java API is.  According to the unidata 
website, it seems that C/C++ version of netCDF API is more updated than 
Java API which is mentioned as alpha version.
 
Thanks,
Thiha Min.
 
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