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On 2013-10-02 17:37:04 +0000, Patrick said:

> Hi Everyone
> 
> I am just daydreaming about generating Ada from another language.
> 
> Several languages use C as an intermediate language but hand written C 
> is hard to read and machine generated is even more painful. Ada might 
> make for reliable, readable machine generated code.
> 
> Thanks-Patrick

There was a product in the 90s called Matrixx, it let you draw flow 
charts and type in algorithms and drag connections between components 
your created graphically.  You pushed the button and out popped some of 
the ugliest Ada you can imagine.  My point is you can have code 
generators but there is no guarantee of the quality, readablity or 
maintainablity.