Is there a fort2c?

[Thomas Keffer]

In article <6258 at cbnewsh.ATT.COM> jayhawk at cbnewsh.ATT.COM (R.Moats) writes:
>
>I am posting this request for a friend who has not caught up
>with where news access is now located.  Anyway, I digress...
>
>Is there, was there, will there be a tool to convert fortran
>code to C code.  We are talking here mainly F66 or F77, but he
>will take anything.   The tool needs to operate under either
>MSDOS or UNIX (preferrably Sys V but again, he's flexible [read
>desperate ... ;-)])
>
>Price:  "...the cheaper the better, free is the best".

We bought a $40 cheapie from Austin CodeWorks.  Don't bother.
It's worth about what paid: not much (this is no reflection on 
ACW, which generally supplies Good Stuff).  It can handle the most
simple stuff, but something as straightforward as an indexed array 
caused it to freeze up.

A more expensive alternative is offered by Cobalt Blue ("For_C").  
About $700.  (408) 723-0474.

Tom Keffer
Rogue Wave
P.O. Box 85341
Seattle, WA 98145-1341
(206) 523-5831

keffer at ocean.washington.edu