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		mistercow on Sept 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C gibberish to English I wonder how difficult it would be to write a C compiler (probably using LLVM would make sense) that translates an entire C program into English.

jloughry on Sept 2, 2013 | [–]

That's actually a neat idea. It could be very useful for teaching.

(For bonus points, make it output a legal COBOL programme.)

NAFV_P on Sept 2, 2013 | [–]

A C compiler that converts C to English is not a compiler

mistercow on Sept 2, 2013 | [–]

Pointless semantics.

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