Re: Looking for Ada to C++ translator

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In <1993Feb17.231349.18786@source.asset.com> tannend@source.asset.com (David M.
 Tannen) writes:

>DO NOT DO IT.  I am at a site that translated PLM to Ada via a software
>package thinking it would be cheaper.  What a horrible mess that 100k
>system turned out to be.  Every parameter was passed as a
>'System_Address. Strings were constructed using Char'Pos.  Arg.  Totally
>unmaintainable code, even by the developers.

>Save yourself a lot of trouble, rewrite the system in the new language.

I'll second that.  Rewriting lets you use the strengths of the new
language, plus you get something you can maintain out the other side.
This applies to *any* conversion.  The only time to do it is if you
don't have any other options.  Otherwise, it's cheaper and easier to
just rewrite.

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