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Date: 10 Dec 92 11:36:30 GMT
From: gvls1!lonjers@louie.udel.edu  (Jim Lonjers)
Subject: Re: Ada & PDL (ick !)
Message-ID: <1992Dec10.113630.3412@gvl.unisys.com>
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In article <NX5FVB2w165w@cruiser.uucp> bdl@cruiser.uucp (Bob Lombard) writes:
>Hi netters:
>
>  A question has arisen at work regarding Ada & PDL.  Some work we
>are currently tasked with requires the use of PDL.  So, we are wondering
>how the rest of the world approaches this, primarily those working on
>DoD projects.  
>
>  If you indeed use PDL, what do you write your PDL in, Ada itself
>  or something else ? (Psuedo-english ?)
>
>  In the dark ages of Fortran there were pre-processors that would
>  xlate PDL into semi-compileable code.  Do similar tools exist for
>  use with Ada ?
>
>  Comments ? Reccomendations ? (Flames to dev.null thanks)

Yes, we use compiled Ada as a PDL on our 2167A projects during preliminary
and detailed design stages.  It works quite well for that purpose.
Although there are some minor drawbacks, I would personally not choose a
different form of PDL.

Jim