jjinno
01-18-2007, 11:47 AM
OK, so I heard some rumor of a way to use XML schema as a midpoint in the path of parsing one language, interpreting, re-structuring, and re-writing, in a different language. So I figured "Great idea! Now lets do it in Programming languages".
The idea is you start in C++ and run the interpreter on it and out pops a fully compatible, fully compile-friendly version of your application in Java. Or better yet, lets say we go from Lisp to PHP... go figure.
Now don't get me wrong, its not like the XML is "doing" stuff here, but rather that it just contains the rules of engagement for attacking this normally daunting process. With the rules outlined, just about any application or script can run make the new source file.
So I have heard that MIT tried to do some project similar to this, but I don't ever remember seeing any published results.
Can you just imagine the lack of nightmares one might have in the ever-changing, ever-upgrading corporate environment? It would make MY job easier... aka making my Boss's job easier.
The idea is you start in C++ and run the interpreter on it and out pops a fully compatible, fully compile-friendly version of your application in Java. Or better yet, lets say we go from Lisp to PHP... go figure.
Now don't get me wrong, its not like the XML is "doing" stuff here, but rather that it just contains the rules of engagement for attacking this normally daunting process. With the rules outlined, just about any application or script can run make the new source file.
So I have heard that MIT tried to do some project similar to this, but I don't ever remember seeing any published results.
Can you just imagine the lack of nightmares one might have in the ever-changing, ever-upgrading corporate environment? It would make MY job easier... aka making my Boss's job easier.