From: Clemens Valens <c DOT valensNOwkSPAM AT mindless DOT com>
Subject: Re: Borland Pascal to C translator
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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 00:43:43 -0700
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I have tried PTOC not so long ago to convert PASCAL to C 
and it seemed to do the job. I found however that the 
generated C-code was a kind of unreadable, so I translated 
my PASCAL sources myself, using almost only search 'n' 
replace operations:

first replace all comments! 
"{", "(*" => "/*" 
"}", "*)" => "*/"
"begin" => "{"
"end;" => "}"
"if " => "if ("
" then" => ") {"
"while " => "while ("
" do" => ") {"
many for-next loops can often be replaced in one go, if you 
were consequent in your indices.

Be very careful with logical operations (and, or, etc)!

If your source is not too large, this method, although 
stupid, might be preferable.

Clemens

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