compileIt for revolution?

[Glen Bojsza]

Well, from what I see here is a business opportunity.

If everyone that is interested in achieving this (and willing to pay).
Then I would suggest a group should be formed andcreate a well defined
set a specifications.

I am sure that Chipp at Altuit or someone else would be able to
produce the much desired solution but for a price.

This would be the quickest way of getting exactly what is being asked
for in the shortest period of time.

I would be glad to coordinate (off the list ) creating the product
specifications and then putting it out to bid.

...any takers?

Please contact me off the list.

regards,

Glen


On 6/22/05, MisterX <b.xavier at internet.lu> wrote:
> 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
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