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1. Is anyone interested in Phix to C (I am not really that keen, but will help)

• Posted by petelomax Sep 01, 2021
• 1169 views
• Last edited Sep 05, 2021

It is probably fairly straightforward to enhance the p2js program to emit C.
It would of course take a few months, and need someone else to lead it.

The basic process would be:

for day=start to whenever do 
    take_some_simple_example()     -- `puts(1,"Hello C")` might be a good start 
    run_p2js() 
    if day=start then 
        manually_edit_test_dot_htm_to_test_dot_c()  -- until it works 
    else 
        manually_edit_the_test_dot_c_p2js_made()    -- "" 
    end if 
    post_that_test_dot_c_and_the_original_here() 
    modify_p2js_as_needed()                         -- this is where I can help 
end for 

Obviuously you replace the html with whatever #include-type-stuff is needed,
the replacement p2c.c instead of p2js.js being entirely someone else's burden,
and aim for small mechanical changes to the JavaScript that was emitted.

3. Re: Is anyone interested in Phix to C (I am not really that keen, but will help)

• Posted by petelomax Sep 05, 2021
• 1027 views

Actually, that might not be a complete showstopper. I mean I don't expect anyone to know HTML/JavaScript/CSS in order to use p2js (in its current form).

The other question is who here uses the Euphoria To C Translator?

If we (as in "you lot") start with something simple, use the -keep option of the above, then examine the generated files and compare them against the test.htm that p2js spits out, that might be enough to get something going.
As you say, I'm not a (proper) C programmer either, the main hurdle is (probably) installing a C compiler and the commandline for gcc (or whatever) - but in theory whatever command line(s) euc is invoking could just be copied?
The one thing I really cannot and should not be responsible for is the documenting of any additional installation and setup needed for various platforms, or (eg) testing on a Raspberry Pi.
[Raspberry Pi is probably a very distant target, I don't think euc supports it, and getting this whole project to self-host (and then some) is probably needed first.]