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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.

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-v