Re: Port Ada 83 to GNAT

[kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <53jvmc$2sr@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, ethoierman@aol.com (ETHoierman) writes:
> I've got about 0.5MSLOC of Ada 83 (Verdix cross environment) that I need
> to bring over to GNAT for evaluation purposes.  Although reasonably clean,
> I'm going to be dealing with some X'ref, system.address<=>access types,
> float/short float, and Verdix library problems.
> 
> Looking for some 'cheap' ways to automate the cleanup/port and looking for
> tips/sad stories.  I'm also looking for some tools to help clean up the
> inline documentation and maybe extract some interface/structure info. for
> external documentation purposes.  I've cruised through the PAL & Ada IC
> stuff but keep finding promising paths turning to mush (e.g. needing
> VAX/VMS, etc.)
> 
> If part of the solution is a $100,000 CASE/development environment, I
> can't affort it.  Can anyone point me in the right direction???

I think you need to provide more information about your environment
in order for readers to understand what would be "cheap" for you.
For me, requires VAX/VMS would be a trivial "no-cost" requirement
while some other restriction (must know Unix?) would drive the cost
too high. I think I recall a Verdix offering for VAX/VMS, so just
specifying Verdix as your starting point does not make your requirements
clear to all of us.

Larry Kilgallen