Marc writes:

> Our application systems are written with the Fortran 66 compiler.  It still
> runs as CM.  This is a variation on the "Too many hours to justify conversion"
> category.
>
> Marc Walgren

Do you OCT them?  That will generally speed up a CM application by a factor
of about 3 (as far as CPU time is concerned...won't help I/O time, won't
affect stack size limits).

Usage...for a CM program called "FOO":

   :rename foo, foocm
   :octcomp foocm, foo

Note: I recommend testing the OCT'd programs, because the Object Code
Translator (OCTCOMP) is a compiler.  No compiler is 100% bug free (not
FORTRAN/V, OCTCOMP, or even my SPLash! :).  That said, I haven't
seen any OCT problems for over 10 years.

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