Java vs. C

["Hudson, Loren (GE Infra, Aviation, Non-GE, US)" <loren.hudson@xxxxxx>]

All,

 

I'm currently working on porting some C code over to Java.  The code opens a binary file, extracts the relevant data, and spits out a .csv file.  I'm getting some issues with the totals being off. 

 

The code was originally written by an engineer, not a programmer.  This is the fourth such program I've ported, and haven't had any real issues.  For the most part, I just wrap the already-written C code with some Java data structures, change the file i/o to use Java commands, and I'm done.  The program uses bit masking, bit shifting, and a whole host of global variables. 

 

My question is this:  Are there any pitfalls that you know of that I could be falling into with the C code that compiles as Java code?  I've never used C before, so this program is really the extent to which I know C. 

 

Thanks,

 

Mike Hudson
MDW - 
Military Data Warehouse
Java Developer/Solution Architect
Sogeti 
Consultant
loren.hudson@xxxxxx