Thread: Pascal to c

I found a freeware program call UrthWurm I had been looking for on the internet but the EXE cannot run on my system (16-bit on 64). I found the source but it's written in TURBO PASCAL 7.0. I only know ANSI C and have a compiler for that. I'd really like to know how this program works and to compile it to work with my system.

The opensource freeware program can be found here:

Code:

http://members.home.nl/bas.de.reuver/files/urthwurm_source.zip

I was wondering if there was a way to convert the source code from TURBO PASCAL 7.0 to ANSI C. I looked on Google and found something that said it should do just that called PtoC.exe but I don't know how to use it and there is nearly NO instructions.

I was just wondering if it would be possible and maybe what program I should use to do it.

(Hopefully something with a graphical front end.)

Thanks

TUXRULES!

Yes but then wouldn't that restructuring, as bad as it may be, get the program a little closer to something I can understand and rewrite? At the moment, I can make only quick guesses as to what it does and some of the PASCAL doesn't seem to conform with ANY C functions. So, converting it to C with PtoC would be a start to rewriting it in C for my system wouldn't it?

The thing is, I don't know how to use the PtoC program.

Also, as a side note, the program works in DOSBox but I'd like it to run all by itself AND I'd like to understand exactly how it works.

Hey you make a very apt point. I appreciate that understanding. Thanks.