Re: translating C to Java language

zahir@senan.Eng.Sun.COM writes:


> Has any one looked at writing a semantic translator from a C language
> description to a functionally equivalent Java language description?
> The translation need not be entirely automatic, human interaction in
> the conversion cycle for corner cases might be okay with a proper
> environment assist.
>
> Has anyone done a similar translator from C to another object
> oriented language?


But C is not object oriented. I always see the job of translation
as maintaining the structure of the original code. So no object
oriented code in, no object oriented code out.




> Pointers to references or to earlier usenet threads on this topic
> will be appreciated.


Eight years ago we wrote a C to Pascal Translator. We also have a
design for C to Ada (www.knosof.co.uk/ctoa.html). Java
ought to be relatively easy in some way, but much harder in others.


derek


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