C++Talk.NET C++ language newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Compile C++ to TCL          C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message ScratchMonkey Guest Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:22 am    Post subject: Compile C++ to TCL I'm working on a system which exposes TCL scripting but looks to be difficult to extend with a native binary. I need to build a "front end" for it that has lots of complicated data structures and can benefit from strong typing, so C++ is a more natural choice for implementation. Does there exist a C++ compiler that generates TCL as its output? Back to top Mike Wahler Guest Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:39 am    Post subject: Re: Compile C++ to TCL "ScratchMonkey" <ScratchMonkey.blacklist (AT) sewingwitch (DOT) com> wrote Quote: I'm working on a system which exposes TCL scripting but looks to be difficult to extend with a native binary. I need to build a "front end" for it that has lots of complicated data structures and can benefit from strong typing, so C++ is a more natural choice for implementation. Does there exist a C++ compiler that generates TCL as its output? I don't know of any offhand, but afaik, Comeau Computing ( www.comeaucomputing.com ) does custom compilers. You might want to write to Greg: http://www.comeaucomputing.com/faqs/contacts.html -Mike Back to top Bob Techentin Guest Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Compile C++ to TCL "ScratchMonkey" <ScratchMonkey.blacklist (AT) sewingwitch (DOT) com> wrote Quote: I'm working on a system which exposes TCL scripting but looks to be difficult to extend with a native binary. I need to build a "front end" for it that has lots of complicated data structures and can benefit from strong typing, so C++ is a more natural choice for implementation. Does there exist a C++ compiler that generates TCL as its output? I have never heard of a C++ compiler that emits any scripting language. If you want some of the data structures of C++, look at the Incr Tcl extension. It provides classes and objects with a distinctly C++ flavor. Other OO systems, such as Xotcl or Snit might be better suited if you can't link the Itcl shared library to your existing binary. Bob -- Bob Techentin [email]techentin.robert (AT) NOSPAMmayo (DOT) edu[/email] Mayo Foundation (507) 538-5495 200 First St. SW FAX (507) 284-9171 Rochester MN, 55901 USA http://www.mayo.edu/sppdg/ Back to top Georgios Petasis Guest Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:36 am    Post subject: Re: Compile C++ to TCL Perhaps you are looking for swig? ([url]http://www.swig.org)[/url]. Swig can parse most of your C/C++ headers and create automatically wrappers for scripting languages that expose your C/C++ code in that language. It does not "compile" your C/C++ into another language, it just wraps your code and exposes it into the scripting language... George "Bob Techentin" <techentin.robert (AT) mayo (DOT) edu> wrote Quote: "ScratchMonkey" <ScratchMonkey.blacklist (AT) sewingwitch (DOT) com> wrote I'm working on a system which exposes TCL scripting but looks to be difficult to extend with a native binary. I need to build a "front end" for it that has lots of complicated data structures and can benefit from strong typing, so C++ is a more natural choice for implementation. Does there exist a C++ compiler that generates TCL as its output? I have never heard of a C++ compiler that emits any scripting language. If you want some of the data structures of C++, look at the Incr Tcl extension. It provides classes and objects with a distinctly C++ flavor. Other OO systems, such as Xotcl or Snit might be better suited if you can't link the Itcl shared library to your existing binary. Bob -- Bob Techentin [email]techentin.robert (AT) NOSPAMmayo (DOT) edu[/email] Mayo Foundation (507) 538-5495 200 First St. SW FAX (507) 284-9171 Rochester MN, 55901 USA http://www.mayo.edu/sppdg/ Back to top Ira Baxter Guest Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 3:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Compile C++ to TCL "ScratchMonkey" <ScratchMonkey.blacklist (AT) sewingwitch (DOT) com> wrote in message news:Xns94A1B0CD2E973scratchmonkey (AT) 64 (DOT) 164.98.49... Quote: I'm working on a system which exposes TCL scripting but looks to be difficult to extend with a native binary. I need to build a "front end" for it that has lots of complicated data structures and can benefit from strong typing, so C++ is a more natural choice for implementation. Does there exist a C++ compiler that generates TCL as its output? Not that I know of. C++ is very complex, it is difficult to belive that TCL would be a friendly target for all that complexity, and I can't see the economic value of compiling into TCL. I suspect some would argue you should compile the other way. What you could consider doing is to define you own "dialect" of TCL which requires strong typing, checks the types, and then translates that to vanilla TCL. If you wanted to do that, you might consider using the DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit, generalized compiler technology that handles many langauges. It doesn't presently have a TCL front end, but given its track record of "absorbing" other languages (like C++), that isn't an issue. Using a TCL front end, you could define the type checker and run it on user input. See http://www.semanticdesigns.com/Products/DMS/DMSToolkit.html. -- Ira D. Baxter, Ph.D., CTO 512-250-1018 Semantic Designs, Inc. www.semdesigns.com ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- Back to top David Gravereaux Guest Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Compile C++ to TCL "Bob Techentin" <techentin.robert (AT) mayo (DOT) edu> wrote: Quote: If you want some of the data structures of C++, look at the Incr Tcl extension. It provides classes and objects with a distinctly C++ flavor. Other OO systems, such as Xotcl or Snit might be better suited if you can't link the Itcl shared library to your existing binary. Grab Itcl's sample extension. It shows how to mate C++ to Itcl/Tcl: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13244&package_id=17107&release_id=40848 -- David Gravereaux <davygrvy (AT) pobox (DOT) com> [species: human; planet: earth,milkyway(western spiral arm),alpha sector] Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum C/C++----------------C LanguageC Language (Moderated)C++ Language (Moderated)C++ language (comp.lang.c++)C++ language, library and standards Non-English C/C++ Newsgroups----------------C++ (German)C++ (French)  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.