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> >>
> >> The following item appears in the 'ToDo' list on the
> openBugs site:
> >> Port ClassicBUGS to Java byte code using Garden Point Compiler.
> >>
>
> I always wonder why. If it works fine in laguage A (Component
> Pascal?) why port it to language B? If it does not, do you
> suspect it will work any better in B?
>
In this case language A and B are both the same i.e. Component Pascal.
The proposed port is a platform port not a language port.
By compiling it to Java byte code using the Gardens Point Component
Pascal compiler instead of to Intel 8086 code using the BlackBox
compiler it opens up the possibility of executing the programs on
platforms other than Windows.
The work that would need to be done to port the system would be changes
to system library calls rather than source language changes. Any
BlackBox Framework-specific library calls would need to be changed to
the equivalent Java framework calls related to the target platform.
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com/gpcp
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