Re: C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-05 Thread Paddy
mm wrote: Is there a Perl to Python converter? Or in general: a XY to Python converter? Is see, that Python is much better then Perl anyway. But for beginners, they whant to konw how is this done with Python etc. Sure, there are some docus out there in the internet. But a converter? Try

Re: C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-05 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
It is definitely _not_ possible. There are so many design decisions that are differing based on what a language offers - e.g. generators, garbage collection, precise control over memory layout and so on. Inter-language translators have been written. There's usually a performance

Re: C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-05 Thread Uwe Grauer
mm wrote: Is there a Perl to Python converter? Or in general: a XY to Python converter? Is see, that Python is much better then Perl anyway. But for beginners, they whant to konw how is this done with Python etc. Sure, there are some docus out there in the internet. But a converter?

Re: C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-04 Thread John Nagle
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: I think that it *is* possible to do it, but a whole lot of work had to be done to achieve this. It is all about how many rules (like how to convert this block of unreadable code of language X into a readable python block) you are willing to find/program (and these

C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-03 Thread mm
Is there a Perl to Python converter? Or in general: a XY to Python converter? Is see, that Python is much better then Perl anyway. But for beginners, they whant to konw how is this done with Python etc. Sure, there are some docus out there in the internet. But a converter? --

Re: C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-03 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
mm wrote: Is there a Perl to Python converter? Or in general: a XY to Python converter? Is see, that Python is much better then Perl anyway. But for beginners, they whant to konw how is this done with Python etc. Sure, there are some docus out there in the internet. But a converter?

Re: C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-03 Thread Matimus
I don't know of a converter, one may exist. I have seen similar requests though and will give you a similar response to what I have seen. A converter, if it exists, may be able to produce working code but _not_ readable code. Python is a language whose strength comes from, among other things, its

Re: C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-03 Thread Michael
Yes, I konw what you mean. And thats the right way to do it - for beginners. --But not for someone who allready know programmings things for many years. They ask themself: How can I do this in Python? I can remember, it was that-way with Perl or C or C++ or whatever. So, not only a ververter

Re: C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-03 Thread Richard Charts
mm wrote: Is there a Perl to Python converter? Or in general: a XY to Python converter? Is see, that Python is much better then Perl anyway. But for beginners, they whant to konw how is this done with Python etc. Sure, there are some docus out there in the internet. But a converter? I

Re: C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-03 Thread Thomas Ploch
Matimus schrieb: I don't know of a converter, one may exist. I have seen similar requests though and will give you a similar response to what I have seen. A converter, if it exists, may be able to produce working code but _not_ readable code. Python is a language whose strength comes from,

Re: C/C++, Perl, etc. to Python converter

2007-01-03 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
I think that it *is* possible to do it, but a whole lot of work had to be done to achieve this. It is all about how many rules (like how to convert this block of unreadable code of language X into a readable python block) you are willing to find/program (and these are a lot). It is a