[brailleblaster] Re: Transforming C into Java
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:11:03 -0600
Yes, the SWT printing snippet uses threads. We might even use one with
liblouisutdml for translating long documents, though I don't think this
will be necessary.
John
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:32:08PM -0500, Sina Bahram wrote:
> Well, first of all, there are these things called threads, guys, instead of
> spawning heavy weight processes.
>
> Just a thought ...
>
> Ta ta
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Jolly
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:21 AM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Transforming C into Java
>
> In the first place, I don't see how you can avoid spawning some separate
> processes such as for printing and embossing. So you can't
> avoid that issue.
>
> As for rewriting your translator in Java, I can see advantages. However, I'm
> not familiar with any automated way of transforming C
> source to Java although Google suggests such tools might exist. My guess is
> that even if you could get something that worked, the
> resultant code would likely be unreadable and unmaintainable and with none of
> the advantages of human-designed Java code. Think how
> much trouble it is to convert print to braille, which is a much simpler
> problem.
>
> Susan
>
>
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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