Automated Fortran conversion
Gregory Aharonian · ACM SIGPLAN Fortran Forum · 1985
What to do with a million lines of Fortran code? Managers at every major Fortran installation are asking this question every day. Newer programming languages (C and ADA), and newer computer architectures (parallel, data flow) pose a serious dilemma. How will the algorithms and mathematical techniques in tens of thousands of Fortran programs be moved to these environments? Further, since no language will dominate the science and engineering arena, another question arises. With strained programming staffs and budgets, how will algorithms be maintained in multiple languages and architectures?