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On 9/2/2024 8:22 PM, vallor wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 07:57:48 -0500, "Michael F. Stemper"
> <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote in <vb4coc$2rg60$2@dont-email.me>:
> 
>> On 01/09/2024 20.39, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> On 8/30/2024 4:38 PM, D wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 30 Aug 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 8/29/2024 11:01 AM, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
>>>>>> On 28 Aug 2024 at 12:51:29 BST, "Graham" <zotzlists@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 28/08/2024 06:01, Titus G wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 27/08/24 22:10, Graham wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1234567890 2234567890 3234567890 4234567890 5234567890 6234567890
>>>>>>>> 7234567890 8234567890
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll take the bait. Please explain your signature.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nothing exciting, I'm afraid. 80 characters.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Should be 72, Shirley?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       Cheers - Jaime
>>>>>
>>>>> I have written a quarter of a million (SWAG) lines of Fortran in my
>>>>> lifetime. If I never write another line I will be happy.  But I will
>>>>> write more Fortran next Tuesday.  Converting it all to C++ cannot
>>>>> come soon enough.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lynn
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Ahh... but isn't it true that C++ is only for nerds? All the cool kids
>>>> write rust these days!
>>>
>>> Converting Fortran or C++ to Rust is non trivial.  I have actually
>>> considered it.  Shoot, converting Fortran to C++ is non trivial.
>>
>> I would guess that a straight translation of Fortran to C++ could be
>> automated. However, there doesn't seem to be any point in it unless
>> you're going to make use of the object-oriented capabilities of C++.
>> Then, of course, you're looking at a complete refactoring, which would,
>> indeed, be non-trivial.
> 
> f2c(1) can convert to C++.
> 
> However, I suspect it isn't that easy to end up with working code.

The original conversion of F2C to C++ is even worse than its conversion 
to C code.  Readability is one of my goals here.

Lynn