On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:58 AM, madmax <mahendra0...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Jeff Schnitzer : My app provide programming tests to users. Users can > code the solutions in c or c++. I am planning to provide a feature > where the users can compile their code and test for correctness. > Obviously they wont be running the code. Have tried many ways to > implement this feature. The obvious solution would be to have a Linode > or EC2 backend and let the compilation be done there. But it would be > more efficient to have something supported on gae. Now i kno there is > no way to do it than source the code to EC2 or Linode.
If all you want is a compiler frontend (parser, typechecker), you might be able to get away with porting it to something you can run in a GAE app. That this code is almost 100% algorithmic and you should be able to compile it something else, either java (to run on GAE) or javascript (to run in the browser itself). I would seriously consider going the javascript route and doing it all in the browser. Compared to running DOOM in the browser (see http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/05/doom-ported-to-javascript-and.php), running a compiler frontend should be easy. Looks like they used this tool: https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki This actually looks easier (and more fun) than setting up a compile farm somewhere, plus it would give you a slick user experience. You could even blog about it and probably get the story picked up by hacker news. Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
