On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 4:35 PM, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/24/2011 02:34 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>    I'm wondering if there are any generic sorts of code translation
>> tools in portage wherein I could translate from an 'uncommon' language
>> no one here is likely to use (EasyLanguage) into C?
>>
>>    As an example I've attached a little EL function...
>
> Can't give you a real answer, but that code looks very much like Pascal.
> Reminds me of a misspent youth.
>

In 1983 I certainly wasn't a turbo user of Turbo Pascal either... ;-)

> Is there a definite reason for choosing C instead of something else, e.g.
> python?  Just idle curiosity, nothing more.
>

I'm interested in learning a bit about CUDA as an evaluation platform
and the tools from NVidia are based around C. (As best I understand.)

> If I knew a wee bit more about m4 I'm sure I could do it with that alone.
> But I'd need to do actual work to learn m4, which is not likely to happen...
>

Thanks!

- Mark

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