[Lazarus] Project conversion Delphi -> FreePascal: success!

[waldo kitty]

On 1/5/2011 12:33, Micha Nelissen wrote:
> Bo Berglund wrote:
>> 2) The fortran code failed to translate when it turned out that
>> Fortran could change the type of a matrix multiplication depending on
>> the dimensions of the two input matrices.
>
> You couldn't translate the code or the function declarations? Calling the
> fortran code from freepascal might be possible, then you don't have to translate
> the code itself, just call it.

this was discussed but IIRC it seemed that determining the proper calling 
procedures came up... if the library wasn't callable in "pascal" or "C" format 
or some such... one would need to be able to compile those libraries in a 
FPC/Lazarus compatible format for the ""normal"" callouts (is that the proper 
term) to work... since this was hard to do (ie: no compiler with this 
capability??) it was looked into that those routines could be recoded in pascal 
format... this too has not been able to be done because there's no available 
FORTRAN <-> PASCAL coder who can make the conversion...

IIRC^2 : the original coder is long gone and no longer available for consultation...