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: 8 Apr 93 17:06:53 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti. com!tilde.csc.ti.com!mksol!mccall@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (fred j mccall 575-3539) Subject: Re: C to ADA translators. Message-ID: <1993Apr8.170653.7893@mksol.dseg.ti.com> List-Id: In groleau@e7sa.crd.ge.com (Wes Groleau X7574) w rites: >In article <1993Apr7.182705.1887@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com ( fred j mccall 575-3539) writes: >>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? >If it's unreadable, then the C couldn't have been much better. If it was that >bad, I would have chosen to re-code in Ada rather than translate. You expect a mechanically produced translation from one language to another to produce readable code? You obviously don't have much experience in this realm. The mechanically produced translation need bear *NO* resemblance to the original code, which could be quite readable and maintainable. If you're that hot for stupid language wars, please take it to alt.flame or somewhere similar so it won't bother people who don't do their thinking between their shins and their thighs. -- "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.