[fpc-pascal] A complex trouble(at least for me)

[Arí Ricardo Ody]

The conversation is becaming off topic. I 
wouldn't like to discuss this matter here.

We have a great expertise in language conversor 
development here. We can discuss it in private. Be my guest.

I'm needing a solution to the problem I propose.

Cheers

Ricardo
Sao Paulo - Brasiç
At 11:33 8/5/2009, you wrote:
>On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 09:41 -0300, Arí Ricardo Ody wrote:
>
> > It's out matter but, I'm working with legacy
> > modernization. The company I work deals with
> > legacy modernization. Mainly in mainframes
>
>So, are you trying to convert COBOL code to some more modern language?
>
>If not, I still don't understand what you are trying to do.
>
>Moreover, very few modern languages implement COBOL semantics,
>especially as regards decimal arithmetic. You will likely need to
>generate assembler code for your target platform, and that is even more
>of a "legacy" approach to software than coding in COBOL. [Note: double
>precision floating point does *not* implement decimal semantics, in
>spite of it seeming an easy substitute.] The "modern" language that is
>most likely to provide you with decimal capability is Java; it also runs
>even slower than COBOL.
>
>Assuming you are trying to automate conversion of COBOL source to some
>newer language, then you will largely need to write a parser for the
>COBOL grammar. This is far from trivial. You will then need to write an
>emitter for your chosen "modern" language, so that you rebuild the COBOL
>semantics as exactly as possible.
>
> >From your original message, you seem to be still working on the parser.
>I would suggest you use a more compiler theoretical approach than just
>generating a string list. If you encode the parsed COBOL source into
>some internal meta-language, this will make your emitter much easier to
>write. Better yet, if your encoding includes some semantic analysis of
>the COBOL source, you can optimize the generated code so that it both
>runs better and is easier maintained in your "modern" language.
>
>Just my 2¢ worth.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave  [RLU #314465]
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