Aaron asks:
> Is anyone aware of any company that has developed a code 
> converter that 
> will translate Basic V programs to any other language 
> including another 
> version of Basic?

While most people are now familiar with the Eloquence product
(www.hp-eloquence.com) as a TurboImage compatible database system, many do
not realize that it also includes a BASIC programming language, screen
handling features and other components that stem from its origins as an
HP-250/260 migration tool.

The BASIC language in Eloquence is more like Business Basic than BASIC/V,
and while the syntax and features are in many cases different, it's still
probably a good target for an automated source code conversion from BASIC/V.

Eloquence BASIC has the database access and screen handling built into the
language, and of course includes the Eloquence database which is 100%
compatible with Turbo Image for most applications.

There would of course be issues to be solved such as dealing with the usual
collection of external SPL functions and 3rd party libraries found in large
BASIC/V applications, but using Eloquence as a conversion target for both
the BASIC language code and the database should be a quite attractive
option.

And the ported BASIC and database system could then run on any of HP-UX,
Linux, or Windows (there might be other aspects of the entire system
migration which would be more limiting of course).

Steve Cooper
Resource 3000

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