C2ada - A translator from C to Ada

C2ada - A translator from C to Ada

[Mitch Gart]

Intermetrics has released C2ada, a C to Ada translator.  This tool 
is based on the "cbind" tool previously available from Rational.
C2ada is capable of generating thin Ada bindings, by translating C
header files into Ada package specifications, and in addition
is capable of translating C functions and statements into Ada
package bodies.  C2ada will do about 80% to 90% of the work of
producing a thin binding or a translation, but the last 10% to 20%
of the work must still be done manually.  The program is free,
includes source code, has no warranty, and is released to the Ada
community in the hope that it will be useful.  Intermetrics has
used C2ada to produce Microsoft Windows, X Windows, and GCCS bindings.

Read all about it at http://www.inmet.com/~mg/c2ada/c2ada.html.  

- Mitch Gart

Re: C2ada - A translator from C to Ada

[Darren C Davenport]

Mitch Gart (mg@dsd.camb.inmet.com) wrote:
: Intermetrics has released C2ada, a C to Ada translator.  This tool 
: is based on the "cbind" tool previously available from Rational.
: C2ada is capable of generating thin Ada bindings, by translating C
: header files into Ada package specifications, and in addition
: is capable of translating C functions and statements into Ada
: package bodies.  C2ada will do about 80% to 90% of the work of
: producing a thin binding or a translation, but the last 10% to 20%
: of the work must still be done manually.  The program is free,
: includes source code, has no warranty, and is released to the Ada
: community in the hope that it will be useful.  Intermetrics has
: used C2ada to produce Microsoft Windows, X Windows, and GCCS bindings.

: Read all about it at http://www.inmet.com/~mg/c2ada/c2ada.html.  

: - Mitch Gart

Thanks.

Darren Davenport
ddavenpo@redwood.dn.hac.com

Re: C2ada - A translator from C to Ada

[Gene Ouye]

This is just my personal comment and NOT an official Rational Software
Corporation comment (although they probably would agree...)

I would like to congratulate and thank Mitch and Intermetrics for taking 
cbind, improving it, and placing the result out in the public domain for 
all of us in the Ada community to use.  C2ada is another addition to the 
software engineer's bag of goodies that can be used to help overcome 
objections to the use of Ada in certain circumstances and as a result, 
will benefit the entire Ada community.

Thank you,
Gene Ouye <geneo@rational.com>