Re: Fortran question

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Actually, that might be a fun blast to the past...
Don in DC

At 08:56 AM 2/16/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> Trevor:
>
> The problem in converting from Fortran is not the computati0on statements.
>  Today's RPGLE easily handles the math, integer arithmetic, floating point
> arithmetic and variables.  In fact, you can probably take most of the
> Fortran assignment statements directly just by preceding it with an "eval"
> or by using free form and following the statement with a semicolon.  You
> will have to define ALL the variables (remember, the default is that
> variables beginning with the letters I, J, K, L, M and N are integers, all
> others are floating point).  The entire mathematics library with
> trigonometric functions, etc. are all available.
>
> The problem will be in the architecture of the application itself, the I/O
> either to binary files (no FORMAT statement) or internal form to/from
> external form (with a FORMAT statment), any parameters used, the use of
> COMMON storage, etc.  Gosh!  this takes me back to about 1963!
>
> If it's not too huge nor proprietary, post the code - I'll bet a lot of us
> "old timers" would take a crack at it for you.
>
> Dave Schnee,
> Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
>
> --------------  Trevor Perry wrote  ----------------
>
> date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:52:44 -0600
> from: "Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Fortran question
>
> I have a customer with a baby 36 - not the software.. but the small AS/400
>
> that was a S/36. They have one application written in FORTRAN which they
> would like to migrate to their iSeries.
>
> Any ideas? Anyone done this before??
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