From: xenman [xenman@sprynet.com.nospaam] Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 4:03 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: DEC BASIC --> Visual Basic Translator Kevin Handy wrote in message news:3BC8B76E.B9B66A61@srv.net... > Randy Park wrote: > > > > Does anyone have experience with the DEC Basic to Visual > > Basic translator? If so, what is your opinion? > > > > I know this is a big question, but I just doing some > > preliminary research on whether I should investigate this > > product in more detail. > > Is going to Visual Basic any real gain? I'd think it would be > better to translate it into something more portable like C++. > > If you want to try a (in development, but slowly) Vax Basic to > C++ translator, try http://www.srv.net/~kth > There is a lot it doesn't yet handle, but depending on your > original code it might help you convert it. Easily compiles > on a Linux Box, you might have to work to compile it somewhere > else. Patches welcome. > I don't know if going to Visual Basic would be a gain, which is why I'm asking the question. If portability was important to begin with, the software wouldn't be in DEC Basic. If it was to be rewritten for portability, I would pick a highly portable language, which would exclude Basic, C, and a few others. I don't know enough about C++ to make a judgement, but since this software is quite a bit older than the C++ language, and not very adaptable to the object oriented model, I doubt if it would port well to it.