Perl -> Python hopeless?

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,
having been a Perl fan for years I have nearly converted to Python.
Still, there are LOTS and very good modules written in Perl.

Is there a tool to lesson the burdon of translation of Perl to Python?
I am completely aware of the fact that a fully automatic translation
to readable Python source is hard if not impossible.
But such a tool could lots of the tedious work like replacing
braces by proper indentation and and similar things.

Thanks for a pointer (if there is one)

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[Max Khesin]

Answer: I think they are working on somethig that will allow perl lib usage
in python.
Question: Can someone in the know drop a line?

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[Mike Rovner]

having been a Perl fan for years I have nearly converted to Python.

I went the same way, happy with python now and never looked back.

Still, there are LOTS and very good modules written in Perl.
Is there a tool to lesson the burdon of translation of Perl to Python?

IMHO language differences leads to different style and I found that
rewriting is better than semi-automatic translation.

I had a project first implemented in perl, than rewrote in python.
Some idioms are completely different, for ex. code blocks in perl are
natural, classes are not.
OTOH classes are natural in python and no unnamed code blocks exists.
The list may be continued on and on.

Just .02

Mike

 

[Hartmut Goebel]

Is there a tool to lesson the burdon of translation of Perl to Python?

You may try bridgekeeper (http://www.crazy-compilers.com/bridgekeeper/).
But typically it' better to completly rewrite the code since Python
offers different features.

Regards
Hartmut Goebel