nevin1@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Liber) (08/18/88)
[followups to comp.lang.misc] In article <8808091347.aa14145@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> PHY6JEM@CMS1.UCS.LEEDS.AC.UK writes: >At the same time I would like to convert [a FORTRAN program] to C which >would make it a bit easier to maintain. Do language converters really make a program easier to maintain? Although a language converter might make allow a program to run under more environments, I tend to think that the program becomes harder to maintain. The writing style (indentation, etc.), comments, variable names, etc. would probably get lost in the translation. Also, a typical FORTRAN program (for example) simply translated to C would still look like a typical FORTRAN program, not a typical C program. Has someone used a language converter and found contradictions to my intuition? -- _ __ NEVIN J. LIBER ..!att!ihlpb!nevin1 (312) 979-???? IH 4F-410 ' ) ) There is something embarrassing about working at / / _ , __o ____ AT&T and not being able to get a *PHONE*! :-) / (_</_\/ <__/ / <_ These are solely MY opinions, not AT&T's, blah blah blah