| Re: Converting IDL Application to C++ or C? [message #36044] |
Thu, 07 August 2003 13:31 |
James Kuyper
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SafeAE@HotPop.com wrote:
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> It was a serious posting and am unsure as you are propsing to contract
> this task - I didn't think that this is a job related forum - Sorry,
> van, but we need some ethics.
The difference in structure between IDL and C++ are too great for any
large amount of automatic conversion between them. I'm not personally
aware of any such converter. However, I'm willing to predict that if one
does exist, it would convert good IDL code into bad C++ code. You need a
highly skilled human being to make such a conversion efficiently. Such
people are correspondingly expensive. That's all that Paul was trying to
tell you - he just took a humorous approach to saying it.
It didn't sound to me like he was proposing to contract this task. The
form of your question suggested that you were unaware of how complicated
this would be, and therefore how expensive, so I suspect he wasn't sure
whether you'd really be interested in hiring such a consultant. Most
people competent to take on this task are already very busy, with little
need to drum up business. Still, it couldn't hurt to ask.
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| Re: Converting IDL Application to C++ or C? [message #36045 is a reply to message #36044] |
Thu, 07 August 2003 13:29  |
Paul Van Delst[1]
Messages: 1157
Registered: April 2002
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SafeAE@HotPop.com wrote:
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> It was a serious posting and am unsure as you are propsing to contract
> this task - I didn't think that this is a job related forum - Sorry,
> van, but we need some ethics.
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> Paul van Delst wrote:
>> SafeAE@HotPop.com wrote:
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>>> Hi
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>>> I have an application in IDL - I want the C++ code for it?
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>>> Is there a Utility or something else that I can use to do it?
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>> Yes there is. They are called software consultants -- but I think if you refer to
>> them as a "Utility" they may raise their hourly rates just for you ... :o)
(Sigh)
I really have to brush up on my writing skills to avoid the curmudgeon factor propagation in my flippant
replies.
:o)
paulv
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| Re: Converting IDL Application to C++ or C? [message #36046 is a reply to message #36045] |
Thu, 07 August 2003 13:18 |
SafeAE
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Registered: August 2003
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It was a serious posting and am unsure as you are propsing to contract
this task - I didn't think that this is a job related forum - Sorry,
van, but we need some ethics.
Paul van Delst wrote:
> SafeAE@HotPop.com wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> I have an application in IDL - I want the C++ code for it?
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>> Is there a Utility or something else that I can use to do it?
>
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> Yes there is. They are called software consultants -- but I think if you refer to them as a "Utility" they may
> raise their hourly rates just for you ... :o)
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> paulv
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> [comp.lang.idl xpost deleted]
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| Re: Converting IDL Application to C++ or C? [message #36047 is a reply to message #36046] |
Thu, 07 August 2003 12:46 |
Paul Van Delst[1]
Messages: 1157
Registered: April 2002
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SafeAE@HotPop.com wrote:
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> Hi
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> I have an application in IDL - I want the C++ code for it?
>
> Is there a Utility or something else that I can use to do it?
Yes there is. They are called software consultants -- but I think if you refer to them as a "Utility" they may
raise their hourly rates just for you ... :o)
paulv
[comp.lang.idl xpost deleted]
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