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- From: Chris Laffra <laffra@ms.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: FREE: C++ to Java translator
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 14:24:41 -0500
- Organization: Morgan Stanley
- Message-ID: <31657379.72DA@ms.com>
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- Ross Huitt wrote:
- >
- > Finally! A way to eliminate all of that legacy C++ code
- > out there!
- >
- > -bytor
-
- The reason why I wrote c2j was to **leverage** existing C++ code
- and familiarity that developers in our organization have with
- existing C++ libraries. We experimented with porting some library
- code from C++ to Java, and tried to maintain the same interface.
- The idea is that we can use the same documentation/training material,
- and programmers are free to move between C++ and Java at will.
-
- Having built up **considerable** experience with both Java and C++ ,
- I am still not sure for which domain each language is more suited.
- We're not talking about small programs, like simple applets. I was
- more thinking about real, commercial systems, like the trading
- or portfolio management systems we employ within Morgan Stanley.
- I am still not sure if we can ever get a reliable, robust, secure
- implementation of an "applet" running on thousands of machines
- in our heterogenuous network.
-
- Therefore, it will be a while before all this "legacy" code will
- be replaced by Java code. Companies like Morgan Stanley, and I
- assume JP Morgan also, invested considerable amounts in
- infrastructure software. It would be foolish to even start
- thinking about simply replacing all that code by Java. Instead,
- start thinking about levaraging your existing software.
-
- Feel free to use the c2j for whatever goal however :-)
-
- Chris.
-