Along these lines, his project makes a comment something like 75,000 lines of M code get converted to 1.2 million lines of C code. Spagetti!
Kevin --- Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, I don't think he's the only person to look > at doing > something like this. My opinion is that it is > probably technically > feasible, but not necessarily a good idea. Think > about it this way: > If you have a C program that you want to modify, are > you going to > edit the executable code or are you going to edit > the C code and > recompile? Generating C++ from MUMPS is one thing, > and generating > well written code that a person would actually want > (be able to?) > maintain is another. > > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "A hero is no braver than an ordinary > man, but he is brave five minutes longer." > -- Ralph Waldo Emerson > > > On Jul 11, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Jim Self wrote: > > > This is Kevin O'Kane's project. I think it is very > interesting but > > it is non-standard and > > in particular does not implement standard MUMPS > collation order on > > globals. Not sorting > > numeric subscripts in numeric order is one of the > biggest remaining > > impediments to > > compatibility with existing applications like > Fileman. I recall > > from looking at its > > development over the years that compatibility with > standard > > functions and operators has > > improved quite a bit, but non-standard collation > order still > > remained as of the last time > > I looked at it. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With > Dual!' webinar happening > July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to > explore the latest in dual > core and dual graphics technology at this free one > hour event hosted by HP, > AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit > http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With Dual!' webinar happening July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to explore the latest in dual core and dual graphics technology at this free one hour event hosted by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
