Re: Building a translator. Want to know if this is feasible...

On 6 Nov 2002 11:47:41 -0500, socrates wrote:
>What I have is very minimal. No compiler for the dead language, no
>text books, only one reference manual and hundreds of program codes
>that used the dead language.


  Phew! You must be feeling like Champollion when he was deciphering
  Rosetta Stone ;)


>Do you think it's possible to build a translator with such minimal
>resources? And could you give me some pointers on how to start
>building a translator?


  I assume you at least understand what those programs written in the
  dead language were supposed to do. But let me ask you first, what's
  the purpose of writing a translator then ? Is it only to 'port'
  those programs ? If so, how big they are ?


  If I were you I'd seriously consider rewriting them manually, because
  with the requirements you have -- I doubt anyone would be able to
  write reasonable translator.


Thanks,
Roman.

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