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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Dale Dellutri Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: New to Ada, why these warning messages? Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 21:54:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: <877fjtyowc.fsf@theworld.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1451685297 14791 166.84.1.2 (1 Jan 2016 21:54:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 21:54:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (NetBSD/6.1.5 (i386)) Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:28974 Date: 2016-01-01T21:54:57+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:24:03, Bob Duff wrote: > Dale Dellutri 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. We have been told that programming in Fortran is old-fashioned. I don't agree, but there are other considerations, I'm told. Of course it's a waste of time and money. Despite that, it's happening. -- Dale Dellutri (lose the Q's)