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Old February 4th 04, 10:46 PM
Tdonaly
 
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Peter wrote,

Modern Fortran supports all of the old FORTRAN code, and modern concepts
suporting GOTO-less efficient software engineering friendly control
structures.

There is no portability problem, Fortran 90/95 is a very modern language,
with all
of the "modern" structures one expects but without any of the downsides that
non-mathematical languages such as C exhibit when pitted against tough
mathematical
operations.

Fortran 90/95 also has widely available very fast proven optimizing
compilers, some
of them are even free.

Long live Fortran...

--
Peter K1PO
Indialantic By-the-Sea, FL


Peter... Uh, Peter? You're free to do all the coding yourself if you'd
like to. Converting NEC to Fortran 90/95 would be a good project
for you in your retirement.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH