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   Message 4,933 of 5,127   
   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   
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