From: B|rje Norden <yes@etek.chalmers.se>
Subject: Re: Ada to C/C++ translator needed
Date: 1996/10/02
Date: 1996-10-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3251C855.41C6@etek.chalmers.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 52cdn6$iis@dfw.dfw.net
David Weller wrote:
>
> In article <32499FA0.4B5E@magic.fr>,
> Emmanuel Champommier <echampommier@magic.fr> wrote:
> >I'm looking for an Ada to C (or C++) translator.
> >Does anyone knows where I could find it ?
> >
>
> Bad news:
> 1) None exist
I'm not so sure about that; I seem to remember having seen an ADA
compiler that generated C code instead of object code (OK, strictly
speaking this isn't a translator,but it shows that it's not impossible
to develop code in ADA and later convert it to C/C++)
> 2) None will likely ever exist (This is for various market
> reasons, as well as the fact that translating various Ada
> constructs, especially when used in combinations, would be
> literally impossible to translate (portably, or even
> semi-portably) into C _or_ C++)
Apart from ADA's multitasking features,most of the constructs in ADA/C++
is actually quite similar (apart from syntax, that is...); I don't think
it would be too difficult to make an ADA to C++ converter if there was a
good way of handling the multitasking bits (ADA to C, on the other hand,
would be a nightmare to accomplish...;-)). And what do you mean by
various market reasons ? Please explain yourself.
>
> Good news (kind of):
> 1) A C to Ada traslator exists
> (http://www.inmet.com/~mg/c2ada/c2ada.html)
> 2) A C++ to Ada translator is in early prototype stages
This would be just as hard as ADA to C++...
>
> --
> Visit the Ada 95 Booch Components Homepage: www.ocsystems.com/booch
> This is not your father's Ada -- lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada
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Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-09-25 0:00 Ada to C/C++ translator needed Emmanuel Champommier
1996-09-25 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-10-02 0:00 ` B|rje Norden [this message]
1996-10-04 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-10-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-05 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-10-06 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Erik Magnuson
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Ian Ward
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <52feul$os2@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>
1996-09-28 0:00 ` Tim Behrendsen
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Ken Pizzini
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Tim Behrendsen
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Tim Behrendsen
1996-09-30 0:00 ` William Clodius
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Tim Behrendsen
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Tim Behrendsen
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Tim Behrendsen
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Tim Behrendsen
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Tim Behrendsen
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Ian Ward
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Tim Behrendsen
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-10-05 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-10-06 0:00 ` Tanmoy Bhattacharya
1996-10-06 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Tanmoy Bhattacharya
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-10-02 0:00 Simon Johnston
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-10-15 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
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