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   Lynn McGuire to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: converting a 700,000+ line Fortran 7   
   09 Apr 25 14:48:12   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/9/2025 2:18 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 15:06:06 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   >   
   >> I tried GFortran and GCC with Simply Fortran for a long while but the   
   >> debugging is simply horrible.   
   >   
   > Have you tried using the GNU tools (gfortran, gcc, gdb etc) directly,   
   > leaving out the Simply Fortran middleman?   
      
   No, we want to get away from compiling and linking directly.  That is   
   what we use with Open Watcom F77 and C++.   
      
   With over 5,000 subroutines, each in their own file, keeping track of   
   everything is difficult on a good day.   
      
   Thanks,   
   Lynn   
      
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