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From: bryan@stiatl.UUCP (Bryan Donaldson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C vs. FORTRAN
Message-ID: <6317@stiatl.UUCP>
Date: 4 Aug 89 12:22:23 GMT
References: <3288@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: bryan@stiatl.UUCP (Bryan Donaldson)
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In article <3288@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> SMITHJ@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
>What are the reasons for using FORTRAN over C?
>/* Jeffery G. Smith, BS-RHIT (AKA Doc. Insomnia, WMHD-FM)       *

One of the best reasons I can think of is where you have 200K+ lines of Fortran
code that you don't want to convert.  Admittedly, on PC's today, there are 
compiler systems where you can link C and Fortran together, But that only
allows you to put all new code in C. (Of course, it brings up the interlanguage)
problem.)

Bryan G. Donaldson


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Bryan Donaldson                                             gatech!stiatl!bryan
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