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   Lynn McGuire to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Is there a way in Fortran to designa   
   20 Oct 24 23:46:40   
   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/20/2024 12:38 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 15:04:38 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 10/5/2024 1:39 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> If I were you, I would look for opportunities to simplify things in   
   >>> that Fortran code by using new features, where I have to make major   
   >>> modifications to those parts anyway.   
   >>   
   >> All of the modifications that I am making are minor.  Mostly changing my   
   >> old 8 byte data structure/union to I*8 and L*8.   
   >   
   > Here’s another useful thing to do: get rid of COMMON blocks and replace   
   > them with MODULE «name» ... USE «name».   
   >   
   > As the compiler does its checking, you may pick up a few long-unnoticed   
   > typos along the way ...   
      
   I include all of my common blocks as files to stop typos.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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