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From: Joachim =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Schr=F6er?= <joachim.schroeer@dornier.eads.net>
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Subject: Ada -> Java by Java disassemlers?
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 16:28:22 +0100
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You mention an Ada95 -> Java compiler. Has anyone tried to disassamble 
.class files compiled by an Ada95 to bytecode compiler like JGnat.
There are some disassemblers that convert .class files to .java files.

	J. Schr�er


> If ACT-Europe is not willing to support JGNAT anymore, they would possibly be 
> willing to put JGNAT into Open Source. Would that make sense or doesn't it 
> matter due to lack of commercial support? I think it's better to support 
> JGNAT by the public than to let JGNAT disappear into oblivion. Another choice 
> would be to write a Ada 95 -> Java compiler (and/or Ada95 -> C#) but that 
> would be pretty much work ;-)
> 
> I am sorry about that most programmers prefer light-weight languages like 
> Java and C# instead of Ada 95. Of course, they seem to be more comfortable 
> and easier to learn. But my experience with Ada is far better that with all 
> my previous languages Perl, PHP, Java, C++ etc. The larger the projects the 
> better the life with Ada. Now the IMHO very best language seems to pass away 
> - slowly but surely. It's a shame! But there is some hope: In last weeks I 
> discovered some new websites regarding Ada 95 (for example, 
> http://www.ada-deutschland.de in German).
> 
> By the way: Does anyone know about any Ada support for the Microsoft .NET 
> platform?
> 
> Ingo
>