generating C or Java, was: Why is *print-circle* set to T by default? WAS: grinding, etc.
Subject: generating C or Java, was: Why is *print-circle* set to T by default? WAS: grinding, etc.
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:13:14 -0700
On 2/10/11, Michel Talon <talon at lpthe.jussieu.fr> wrote:
> I thank you very much for this explanation, and i forward it immediately to
> my interested colleague. This is certainly the way to get a quick "hack"
> for solving the problem at hand immediately.
But, um, if it solves the problem immediately, then it solves the problem ...
in what sense is it lacking?
> I will try to write some modification of grind which
> directly outputs the appropriate code, because it seems to me this is the
> most simple and logic way to do it, since the expressions are fully parsed
> at the lisp level, and only require potentially simple transformations.
I don't see how modifying grind could be any simpler
than the examples I gave, but I guess that's for you to decide.
best
Robert Dodier