LISP to VB?

Is there any good method of converting LISP routines to VB? (Which version
of VB?)

There are a number of good old LISP's around here, but I'd like to upgrade
things to a VB based library. I also would like to modify some of these
routines for use in other VB accessible CAD programs.

thank you.
MaryB

 

Hi Mary,

If the routine does what you want - what's the point of converting it?

If you want to improve the functionality, then a complete recoding to
incorporate the idea might be in order.

Having said that, you can clipboard the code into VBA and do some search and
replace type actions to transform the code.

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Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au

 

Because the two languages are so fundamentally different,
converting between them is not trivial, and you will probably
not find any automated means of doing it.

Another basic problem with converting LISP to VB, even
manually, is that many LISP programs rely on issuing
AutoCAD commands to perform various tasks. While there
is a way to execute AutoCAD commands from VB, there
are some major limitations and complications involved.

Hence, to convert a LISP macro that uses calls to
(command), will probably require a significant or complete
rewrite, using the ActiveX object model.

My advice is that if your LISP programs work now, leave
them alone.