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From: edavies@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP (Eric Davies)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Vax to Sun, Source code conversion
Keywords: vax, sun, byte order, little endian
Message-ID: <716@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jul 89 23:23:38 GMT
Reply-To: dgaboury@gulf.UVic.ca (Darell Gaboury)
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. Canada
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Subject: Byte order problem with fortran source conversion

Hi,
   A friend is trying to convert a very large fortran program from
a Vax to a sun. He's running into a byte ordering problem. When
compiled on the sun, the program writes a binary data file that has
bytes in the wrong order (though integers seem to be okay).

   Hand translation has proven error prone and slow. What is
desired is a mechanical translator that will convert the fortran
(with lots of ugly equivalence statements and common blocks) from
Vax to Sun.

   Any suggestions/references would be appreciated. Please mail 
responses to:
         dgaboury@gulf.UVic.ca  
     or
         edavies@uvunix.bitnet  
         edavies@uvicctr.UUCP

			        Thankyou.

Eric Davies