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Improving the output of the FORTRAN to C translator, f2c
Author(s) -
Levy G. F.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380250207
Subject(s) - fortran , computer science , programming language , code (set theory) , set (abstract data type) , translation (biology) , popularity , operating system , chemistry , psychology , social psychology , biochemistry , messenger rna , gene
The popularity of C as a computer language has meant that many Fortran 77 programs have been translated into C. Although automatic translation from Fortran 77 to C can be accomplished using the tool f2c, the generated C code is not easy to read and maintain. This article describes a set of tools developed at NAG Ltd for the automatic polishing of f2c generated C code.