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From: Ehud Lamm <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il>
To: Mark Evans <evans@gte.net>
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Subject: Re: Translation into C
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On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Mark Evans wrote:
>
> I think G.P.'s comment about the expense of programmer hours also argues
> in favor of getting a C port system working. It would enable commercial
> programmers to get the same functional result in one-tenth the time. In
> principle, the C code would be guaranteed accurate by virtue of its
> automatic generation. One-tenth the time for more solid code is a
> bargain in my book.
>
This will be true only if the generated C code will be human readable and
mainainable. This is not usually the case with automatics generation.
Ehud Lamm mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il