Re: Ada to C++ translator

[James Alan Farrell <jfarrell@nospam.com>]

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zangnew@gmail.com wrote:
> I am looking for an Ada to C++ translator.  The converter will only be
> used as an intermediate step and not used on sections of code we will
> be re-architecting to make use of C++ functionality.
> 
> Thanks You.
> 
I used such a tool on a previous project (which proves it can be done). 
  I would say if it could not be done (because of tasking or other 
considerations) then Ada probably could not be compiled or run.  Since 
it obviously can be, why can it not be compiled to another language such 
as C++?  (To my mind, compiling means to a specific runtime environment, 
  such as to Linux on a PC, so I do not buy the argument that converting 
to C++/posix is different somehow from converting to C++)

Unfortunately I do not recall the name of the tool we used.

I do recall that after converting a substantial amount of Ada code, a 
number of programmers were employed full time for six months fixing up 
the C++ to make it readable.  My office mate was one of them.  It is 
also possible that they were making corrections to mistranslated code, 
but the majority of the effort was simply to make it readable.




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