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> Fortran programs can be even more interesting. You can check out a
> scientific package named ZEBRA on the CERN web site. It is huge and
> nightmarish, what is even mentioned in the documentation. What this
> library is doing in Fortran, would be unnecessary in CP, Pascal,
> or even C. This library provides memory management for Fortran-77.
> That is, the equivalent for "NEW/DELETE", or "malloc/free". ZEBRA was
> implemented for Fortran-77 using the COMMON and EQUIVALENCE, but boy,
> what a mess! High Energy Physics is full of folklore stories concerning
> ZEBRA and other software based on ZEBRA, such as Physics Analysis
> Workstation (PAW). My friends used to tell me many stories from their
> own experience with ZEBRA/PAW.
Hi!
Some fun here:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/leak.html
You can use a MALLOC/FREE garbage collector as a cheap leak detector.
malloc is a expensive operation (involve calling OS), I suspect.
> Therefore the only approach that makes sense is to re-engineer this kind
> of legacy software, rather than translate it. This however may be a very
> politically incorrect idea.
>
> Cheers,
> W
I have ear that .NET help implementing apps that mix legacy and new code
in varius langs ( C# + FORTRAN.NET + Managed C + Component Pascal (?)+
CPlusPlus + ...). You have a GPL version of the .NET runtime ( the CLR )
with MONO, I suspect that CLR can work in all machines that support GCC
has compiler (sh configure;make; make install ..or something similar).
Only a idea, trough, I am not a coder but a artist.
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