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An Ada95 harness for converting legacy Fortran applications

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The embedding of Fortran legacy code into an Ada environment is discussed. Reasons for using Ada95 as an embedding language are given. The problem of file level compatability between coexisting Fortran and Ada subsystems of an application is specified and two alternative solutions to it are discussed through an example. An implementation that uses the object oriented features of Ada95 is explained in detail.

I wish to thank the GNU Ada translator team for their help. Prof. J. Gorski of the “Ecole Franco Polonaise en Nouvelles Technologies de l'information et de la Communication” in Poznan has contributed to the Ada83 implementation. Dr. J. Graefenstein of Max-Planck-Institut für Komplexe Systeme provided information on the sample system and helped to clarify requirements.

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    B. Gliss

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Gliss, B. (1996). An Ada95 harness for converting legacy Fortran applications. In: Strohmeier, A. (eds) Reliable Software Technologies — Ada-Europe '96. Ada-Europe 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1088. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0013506

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