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Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> 
> 
>>There might exist good Ada compilers. But I use free tools. I use gcc 
>>for Ada, and while it has a good x86 backend, there exist other free 
>>compilers such as the free Intel C++ and others that produce even better 
>>code. Such a translator would give more choice to the programmer.
> 
> 
> But your original post said:
> 
> 
>>Does such a translator exist?
> 
> 
> with no requirement the translator be free (in any sense of the word).

Sure, but first and foremost I wanted to find out if it existed at all. 
Most of Ada is isomorphic with C and/or C++.

/David