Translating C to JavaScript

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janesconference picture janesconference · Nov 18, 2010 · Viewed 33.9k times · Source

I've got a bunch of math/dsp algorithms in C. Single functions, one function per file, no fancy linking or includes or preprocessor directives, only c99 and standard library calls (mainly memset and memmoves to handle array copying etc). Translating them is not a big problem, but it takes time. I was wondering if there was some C -> Javascript translation tool, in order to speed up the work.

Please mind I don't need a perfect translation, I will put my hand on the final result anyway. What I need is a simple tool that helps with the basic, "boring" things.

Anyone heard of such a thing?

Edit: seems that emscripten will do the trick.

Answer

gblazex picture gblazex · Nov 18, 2010

Update: it seems The Times They Are a-Changin' :)

See this article: DOOM Ported to JavaScript and HTML5

Zakai compiled the DOOM source code from C to JavaScript using Emscripten and Clang and optimized it with Closure Compiler.

And here is the Project page. Have fun! :)

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