From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,83d867c7a987cc31 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-05 18:15:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!207.115.63.142!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr15.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B451245.E1ABA719@flash.net> From: Gary Scott Reply-To: scottg@flash.net Organization: Home X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en]C-DIAL (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Help with translation: Fortran77 => Ada95 References: <9hun38$t0m$1@ulysses.noc.ntua.gr> <3B435888.55E1BE36@acm.org> <3B43C526.991E0144@flash.net> <3B44A5B4.D158C536@boeing.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.48.222.163 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr15.news.prodigy.com 994382057 6242077 64.48.222.163 (Thu, 05 Jul 2001 21:14:17 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 21:14:17 EDT Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 01:14:17 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9522 Date: 2001-07-06T01:14:17+00:00 List-Id: Hi, Jeffrey Carter wrote: > > Gary Scott wrote: > > > > Interesting that it's almost exactly twice as long as the Fortran. > > Interesting that it compiles and the FORTRAN doesn't. Interesting that, > if you leave off all the stuff needed to make it compile, and all the > comments showing the original FORTRAN, and all the extra white space not > found in the FORTRAN, it's certainly no longer than the FORTRAN. > > Try comparing kumquats to quinces next time. Apparently, you took my comments as a personal attack. I never make personal attacks, I merely intended to note the difference in style and a slight tendency to being verbose of the posted update as compared to the original. I realized that the original source was poorly designed, was incomplete, and had several flat-out errors. The original was not poorly designed because of the language used, necessarily, and could be dramatically improved using the same language or a newer variant. Perhaps, this was not a point worth making in this particular news group, but it is just a news group... > > -- > Jeffrey Carter -- Gary Scott mailto:scottg@flash.net