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From: Bob Duff <bobduff@theworld.com>
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Subject: Re: New to Ada, why these warning messages?
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:24:03 -0500
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Dale Dellutri <dale@panix.com> writes:

> (My goal is to determine whether it would be better to convert
> a large cache of Fortran 95 programs to C or Ada.  I already
> know the problems converting to C.  I need to convert some
> Fortran programs to Ada to determine what problems might occur.)

Why would you convert a Fortran program to something else?
I mean, unless it's totally broken or impossible to maintain or
something, that's likely to be a waste of money.

- Bob