compileIt for revolution?

[MisterX]

Derek,

Not to mean that i have all the answers (but i've tried to answer all the
questions in this respect before). I know C pretty well but i hate it any
time you have to debug anything like pointer increments or loookup tables.
Note that C compilers (not hte free ones) usually have great debugging tools
(no comparison to rev). 

The translation to C is EASY! To C++, like Java or Javascript is a nightmare
however... Add pointers and you got HELL! It's kind of the same problem with
dot notation of object-oriented variables object.property->value or all it's
variations

If you managed it, it could work but would it be optimized? Most compilers
use repeated passes to compile to assembler and then again to machine
language (if that's still current for some compilers) but for a program to
create a more efficient code than a coder, you can forget it.

a program in C is NOT like a program in Rev and vice versa - except for a
few "data crunching" routimes.

I thought (still haven't stopped) of doing this in Python. It's doable. But
i have a vendeta with VBS and Active directory at work to get rid of first.
Then i can translate it easier to Python. With the right wrappers we should
then have any compiler (python, c, fortran, etc.).

But first write the translator translator - eh, language codec ;)
What's next, language drivers ? tttt. got those already! These are xtalk-c
or c-xtalk compatibility handlers - makes scripts darn easier to translate
in the first place - In the xtalk to C example, you just need to #include
axtalk.c library in your code. But this is still "vapor" as i hate the c
debugging.

cheers
Xavier

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Derek Bump
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 16:19
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: compileIt for revolution?
> 
> I have spoke with a few individuals in regards to creating a 
> utility for Revolution that would convert Transcript to C.  
> Unfortunately, I know little of C and the individuals I 
> talked with were not ready to start a project such as what you want.
> 
> But...it is possible.
> 
> If one who knows C and could figure out some sort of 
> Transcript wrapper, then it would be possible.  There are 
> many freeware and public domain compilers out there, but 
> finding one that successfully compiles DLLs for Revolution is 
> seemingly difficult.  I've been trying for a few months now, 
> but with my limited knowledge of C I end up running into errors.
> 
> I am working on this project, but the *confusing* Externals 
> SDK doesn't help.  It's pretty bad when I've used about 10 
> different compilers (including MS Visual C) and I still can't 
> get the samples to compile properly.  But that's a whole 
> different issue.
> 
> 
> Derek Bump
> Dreamscape Software
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