Terry Koontz wrote:
> We are planning to move our IBM mainframe Fortran programs to PCs using
> Microsoft windows. I need to replace the mainframe frond-end IBM DMS
> panels with PC GUI/forms. Also I'll need to generate XY plots. We use
> IBM GDDM and ADMCHART on the mainframe. And we have a lot of REXX
> scripts that will need replaced.
Sorry, no experience here.
> Does anyone have experience with porting Fortran from a mainframe to a
> PC. Any suggestions on packages to use for front-ending and back-ending
> the Fortran codes ?
Ditto. However, any "porting" required will probably be concerned
almost entirely with non-standard features. When you port, make things
as standard as possible to ease the porting next time (see the quote of
the day below, which shows that the truth is not that which the man on
the street would think of as intuitive).
> Also what about the accuracy of the Fortran computed values.
Shouldn't be a problem, but it's worth checking into. With porting, why
not move to Fortran95 at the same time? Among other things, you can
portably specify precision.
> We
> currently use IBM Fortran on a IBM VM mainframe and want to go to Compaq
> Visual Fortran.
Good choice.
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