RE: Generating C# from Java (Was: fit, nfit, et al?)

From: Daniel Gackle
> I agree with you that this is NOT the simplest thing that could
> possibly work.  Java and C# may be closer than any other two
> languages I've worked with, but this would still be a big job.

One -- I'm _not_ interested in writing a general-purpose Java -> C#
translator.
Two -- Trying to keep multiple revisions of the same codebase in sync is
a complicated pain in the ass.

Not to mention that having to keep multiple revisions in sync is a major
disincentive to making changes.

So I'm not so sure that a generator isn't the simplest thing.  At the
moment, my thoughts are running along the lines of a simplistic parser /
regex thingie that also has Javadoc-ish comments to help direct the
process.

I haven't talked to Ward about this yet so I don't know what he thinks.
When we first started the port, we looked at a regex-style approach but
postponed it in favor of getting a first release out, and we never got
back to it.

One thing's sure: this is future stuff.  Right now, I just want to get
the .NET version back up to par.

Jim