FOO to C translator
bertanij at orstcs.UUCP
bertanij at orstcs.UUCP
Sat Feb 14 05:17:00 AEST 1987
In article <****> everybody at everywhere (Eve Rybody) writes:
>>HELP! Does anyone know of a software product that will convert FOO
>>language code into "C"? A friend of mine had told me that he knew of a
>>product that would do this, but he did not know the name of the product,
>>the company or anything else. If anyone out here knows anything about it,
>>PLEASE send mail to me at....
>(2) Translators which, given a valid FOO program, produce a valid and
>maintainable C program which contains the original programmers comments.
>The output is properly indented, and instead of emulating FOO control
>statements with if's and goto's, the translator chooses the appropriate
>do, while, for, or switch statement. Variables names are preserved as much
>as possible. Parts of the code may be restructured to take advantage of
>the strengths of C.
>I have seen a program do a half decent type (2) from Pascal to C, but they are
>pretty close to start with.
>If you want a type (2) translator, don't be surprised if you don't get one.
Don't flame me either because I just want to get it straight also. TGL sells
a Pascal to C translator in 7 flavors (dialects). The translation rate is
between 96 and 99 per cent. I think that is pretty decent. Contact Ted Lewis
at (503) 745-7476 for more info.
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