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Article #4746Re: Wang VS Cobol to C translator
From: chris
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1987 06:37
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1987 06:37
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In article <902@rtech.UUCP> brent@rtech.UUCP (Brent Williams) writes: >The main problem [with COBOL-to-C in general] is the use of packed >decimal versus floating point. It's not part of standard C to support >use of packed decimal numerics. So write a run-time library. >Other problems exist, .... Sounds like an understatement. :-) >[Many other hard things] As long as the languages are Turing-equivalent, you can simulate anything in anything else. Having done some translation myself, though, I would say that the best results are accomplished by rewriting the original program largely from scratch, borrowing only key algorithms and/or data structures. Such `translations' are expensive, of course. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: seismo!mimsy!chris
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!gargoyle!oddjob!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Wang VS Cobol to C translator Message-ID: <7055@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Jun-87 02:37:53 EDT Article-I.D.: mimsy.7055 Posted: Mon Jun 15 02:37:53 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Jun-87 01:54:05 EDT References: <600@attvcr.UUCP> <902@rtech.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 22