Re: c to Pascal translators?

Geert Bosch <geert@sun3.iaf.nl>
20 Feb 1998 17:56:20 -0500

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From: Geert Bosch <geert@sun3.iaf.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 20 Feb 1998 17:56:20 -0500
Organization: La Calandre Infortunee
References: 98-02-090
Keywords: Pascal, C, translator

Our moderator wrote:
      [I know about Pascal to C, but I don't recall much in the other
      direction. C is more expressive than Pascal, it'd be hard.
      -John]


That's also true the other way around. One particular tricky thing
in converting Pascal to C are nested procedures with proper scoping.
Ultimately both languages can implement a Turing machine, but people
expect some clean high-level translation that produces maintainable
code. Such expectations generally lead to disappointments..


Regards,
      Geert
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