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   Message 4,941 of 5,127   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: converting a 700,000+ line Fortran 7   
   16 Apr 25 07:44:08   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:28:31 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
      
   > On 4/15/2025 6:14 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:50:32 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Got rid of a few nasty bugs like:   
   >>>   
   >>>         iword = 6Habcdef   
   >>   
   >> Surely whether that’s a bug or not would depend on the type of “iword”   
   >> ...   
   >   
   > iword is a implicit 4 byte integer capable of storing 4 characters.   
      
   I thought you got rid of all the implicit typing.   
      
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