Re: [Jython-users] Python to Java source?

[Diez B. R. <de...@we...>]

Am Sonntag, 31. Oktober 2004 18:41 schrieb Gregory Pi=F1ero:
> I'm hoping people will comment on the idea of converting python source
> code to java source code.  Is this something that Jython could
> possibly handle, or is this an entirely different program?
>
> Have you heard many requests/demand for such a feature?  Does
> something like this already exist?

Sort of - the jythonc is what you want. Now what I see as problem is that t=
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generated code doesn't look so appaling to your teachers eye - so you won't=
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get the desired grade for it.

And I seriouly doubt that there is much you can do about  that - all genera=
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code looks somewhat ugly - usually pretty much ugly.

I think the best way to approach your problem would be to try to convince y=
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teacher of accepting python - maybe by implementing your solution in both=20
languages, and showing him how comparable easy it is to do in python. I=20
he/she isn't convinced by that, I fear you gotta do as you do now -=20
prototyping in python, and reimplementing in java.=20

On a more technical level, I'd say that a real language2language compiler i=
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impossible to write - you'll end up with some abstraction layer that adapts=
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certain language constructs in the destination-language, and compile agains=
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that. And the resulting code will always look far away from what a=20
hand-written application in the dest-language looks.

Diez