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Converting legacy FORTRAN applications to distributed applications

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DCE — The OSF Distributed Computing Environment Client/Server Model and Beyond (DCE 1993)

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The standard Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) offering from the Open Software Foundation implies that the client side of a distributed application, the server side of the application, and the remote procedures in the server side must be written in C. Digital Equipment Corporation has enhanced its DCE product so that the client side of a distributed application and the remote procedures in the server side can be written in FORTRAN. This enhancement means that, within certain limits, existing FORTRAN applications can be converted so that compute-intensive subprograms execute on fast server machines. This paper explains the conversion process and its limits based on a comprehensive example.

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  1. Mail Stop LKG2-2/Z7, Digital Equipment Corporation, 550 King Street, 01460, Littleton, Massachusetts, USA

    T. Marll McDonald

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McDonald, T.M. (1993). Converting legacy FORTRAN applications to distributed applications. In: Schill, A. (eds) DCE — The OSF Distributed Computing Environment Client/Server Model and Beyond. DCE 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 731. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57306-2_28

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