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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: converting a 700,000+ line Fortran 77 plus 50,000+ line C++
 program to C++, part 2
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:47:40 -0500
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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 The Watcom stuff is totally outdated.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