C++/Ada or ObjectiveC/Ada translator

C++/Ada or ObjectiveC/Ada translator

[Hai Le]

I am looking for a tool that translates Ada codes into C++ or ObjectiveC 
code, and vice versa.  (Objective-C is a C/c++ compiler in the NeXTSTEP 
environment).  I would appreciate any information you have on this.  
Thanks

Hai Le

Re: C++/Ada or ObjectiveC/Ada translator

[David Weller]

In article <31B480AC.16E4@cca.rockwell.com>,
Hai Le  <hnle@cca.rockwell.com> wrote:
>I am looking for a tool that translates Ada codes into C++ or ObjectiveC 
>code, and vice versa.  (Objective-C is a C/c++ compiler in the NeXTSTEP 
>environment).  I would appreciate any information you have on this.  
>Thanks
>

This is a strange post.  First, Objective-C is _not_ a "C/c++ compiler
in the NeXTSTEP environment", it's a language unto itself (albeit a
derivative of C, but looks nothing like C++).

Second, a tool to translate from Ada 95 to C++ would take a herculean
effort, and the result, like the result of all translated code, would
be a horrible, unmaintainable mess.

As for the "vice versa" part, the "C to Ada" translator can be found
at http://www.inmet.com/~mg/c2ada/c2ada.html.  I'm working on a C++ to
Ada 95 translator myself, but it's low priority at the moment.

-- 
    Visit the Ada 95 Booch Components Homepage: www.ocsystems.com/booch
           This is not your father's Ada -- lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada

Re: C++/Ada or ObjectiveC/Ada translator

[michael]

Hai Le <hnle@cca.rockwell.com> wrote:
> I am looking for a tool that translates Ada codes into C++ or ObjectiveC 
> code, and vice versa.  (Objective-C is a C/c++ compiler in the NeXTSTEP 
> environment).  I would appreciate any information you have on this.  

I don't know what you are really looking for. If you just want an Ada
compiler that runs on NeXTSTEP and is compatibel with NeXTs Objective-C
compiler then just have a look at our ftp server and download the
gnat port for NeXT. It is no problem writing NeXT applications with
embedded Ada code, if that's what you have in mind.

Michael

ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/programming/Ada/GNAT

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