Should I convert FORTRAN code to C?

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <836 at garth.UUCP> smryan at garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) writes:
>For a "(complicated-type)value" cast, it overlays the
>value's mode with a new mode--no coercion or any type of conversion is
>applied.

Wrong.  A C cast operator ALWAYS behaves as if an assignment to
an unnamed temporary variable is performed.  All this talk about
"modes" is incorrect.

>To claim that C is an orthogonal and extensible language indicates a blithe
>naiviety about these terms.

So, who's making such a claim?

Perhaps to make claims about C without understanding it indicates
something, too...