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|    Steven G. Kargl to James Kuyper    |
|    Re: converting a 700,000+ line Fortran 7    |
|    11 Apr 25 16:57:53    |
      XPost: comp.lang.c++       From: sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu              On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:25:53 -0400, James Kuyper wrote:              > On 4/11/25 12:00, Steven G. Kargl wrote:       > ...       >> You must be new here in c.l.f. Lynn has been converting       >> his 700 KLOC of Fortran to C++ for 2+ decades. It seems       >> his code, which clearly isn't Fortran, can only be compiled       >       > This is cross-posted to comp.lang.c++, which is where I'm seeing it.       > It's not very important, but I'm curious as to what about his code makes       > it clearly not Fortran code. Has he conceded that it isn't actually       > fortran? The Subject of this thread implies otherwise.              Vendor extensions.              We have here a classic example of code, purportedly written       in a language with an international standard, doomed by       vendor lock-in.              --       steve              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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