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Terekov, A.A., Verhoof, C., "The realities of language conversions", IEEE Software, November/December 2000, pp. 111-123. Google
115 ;;Quote: need sophisticated data type analysis to convert Cobol's fixed-length records into Visual Basic; can not use one type for all contexts
115 ;;Quote: wrong output despite the conversion of Cobol arithmetic into C
119 ;;Quote: an endless list of annoying issues for converting between programming languages; e.g., different dialects of Cobol
120 ;;Quote: converting programs from Cobol is difficult because of Cobol's rich set of constructions for sophisticated data-processing
123 ;;Quote: converting a program to another language is always difficult; particularly with semantic equivalence and a rich source language
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