XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/11/2025 11:00 AM, Steven G. Kargl wrote:   
   > On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:37:17 +0200, Bonita Montero wrote:   
   >   
   >> Am 09.04.2025 um 21:48 schrieb Lynn McGuire:   
   >>   
   >>> No, we want to get away from compiling and linking directly.   
   >>> That is what we use with Open Watcom F77 and C++.   
   >>   
   >> The Watcom stuff is totally outdated.   
   >> Is there no way to get something newer ?   
   >   
   > 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   
   > by a Watcom language compiler.  For those playing along,   
   > that's roughy converting 140 lines of code per workday   
   > with 2 weeks for good behavior (ie., 700000 / (50*5*20)).   
      
   Don't forget maintenance (bug fixing) and user needed new features that   
   require about 60 to 70% of our time.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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