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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: Ada to C Question
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> I've noticed in Ada you can do things like.
>
>   type MYTYPE_YOURTYPE      is (MyType,                         -- 0
>                                 YourType);                       -- 1
>
>   type YOURTYPE_MYTYPE     is (YourType,                       -- 0
>                                 MyType);                        -- 1
  If the code you are tranlsating has nastiness like that, you better
prepare to redo, rather than just transliterate.  Does the original
program actually work?  Have you found other similar obfuscations yet?