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From: Jerry <lanceboyle@qwest.net>
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On Nov 24, 11:08=A0am, Lucretia <laguest9...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 23, 12:19=A0pm, Chad <leo.bre...@internode.on.net> wrote:
>

> The problem with Pascal is that Standard Pascal is limited (i.e.
> structured BASIC for learning), everything else is a hack on top, with
> each being incompatible with each other.
>
> If I was you, I would look into interfacing Ada with your Pascal code.
> Normally, Pascal passes params left to right (unlike C, which is r-to-
> l
> due to ...), Ada I would think would pass in a similar manner, might
> not
> be the same though. If not, might be worth looking into the compiler
> to
> extend it with Interfaces.Pascal (or GPC) and the param passing
> mechanism,
> so you can import Pascal procedures/functions as Ada subprograms.
>
> e.g.
>
> procedure Some_GPC_Thingy;
> pragma import(Pascal, Some_GPC_Thingy);
>
> Would be better than porting Pascal -> Ada.
>
> Luke.

I have interfaced Ada to Pascal (I can't remember if it was GPC or
FPC) assuming C conventions, i.e.,


procedure Some_GPC_Thingy;
pragma import(C, Some_GPC_Thingy);

Jerry