From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 7 Apr 93 18:27:05 GMT From: howland.reston.ans.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!mkso l!mccall@gatech.edu (fred j mccall 575-3539) Subject: Re: C to ADA translators. Message-ID: <1993Apr7.182705.1887@mksol.dseg.ti.com> List-Id: In <1993Apr6.194350.12118@relay.nswc.navy.mil> bwallet@apssgi.nswc.navy.mil (Br ad Wallet) writes: >In article , groleau@e7sa.crd.ge.com (Wes Grolea u X7574) writes: >|> 1. I found some free code in C that meets 95% of my requirements. I want >|> to translate to Ada so that I have some hope of meeting the other 5% by my >|> deadline. (I was able to make a nice low bid because I knew about this cod e.) >Yep, that's what I am talking about. Short cut to a quick profit produces >an unmaintainable system. How bad do you want it? That's how bad your >going to get it. As far as I'm concerned, the solution in the specific case mentioned would seem to be to get a waiver and do the remaining 5% in C. How is Wes going to do code walkthroughs on the (translated) Ada, which is going to be virtually unreadable? Unfortunately, this is one of those things that a 'mandate' promotes. -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.