Perhaps it would be better to translate the object code.

It's also possible to translate bytecode (for example, from Java to 
.NET).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Williams" <f.willi...@verizon.net>
To: "General Discussion of SQLite Database" <sqlite-users@sqlite.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 5:42 AM
Subject: Re: [sqlite] SQLJet - pure Java implementation of SQLite


> That's the problem any more it seems.  Everyone "assumes" unlimited 
> CPU and
> memory :-)
>
> Give a guy a Cray and he'll write one hell of a "Solitaire"!
>
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> [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org]on Behalf Of Roger Binns
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:09 AM
> To: General Discussion of SQLite Database
> Subject: Re: [sqlite] SQLJet - pure Java implementation of SQLite
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> Fred Williams wrote:
>> I say there is no known translation that
>> would allow the three SQLite, "Small, Fast, Reliable" adjectives to
>> translate into any regurgitated language output, with the exception 
>> of
>> compiling SQLite source with a C++ compiler :-)
>
> If you read Bernstein's retrospective on qmail, one of his 
> suggestions is to
> write code in a higher level language (especially more secure in the 
> sense
> that C isn't such as preventing buffer & integer overflows etc) that 
> is then
> transcoded to C.  (Some conspiracy theorists looking at his code 
> claimed he
> actually did do this :-)
>
> So in theory given unlimited CPU and memory it should be possible to 
> take
> the SQLite C code and turn it into something higher level and then 
> turn that
> back into the more verbose platforms (.NET, Java).  The big 
> advantage of
> this approach (after the upfront work) is that keeping up with 
> SQLite
> progress is easy.
>
> Roger
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