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From: xanadu@ripco.com (Jennifer E. Lee)
Subject: Re: Ada95 to ANSI_C converter
Date: 1997/03/27
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Date: 1997-03-27T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <5hcnjf$p50@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net>,
Craig Franck  <clfranck@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>"Nick Roberts" <Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>>
>>Jennifer E. Lee <xanadu@ripco.com> wrote in article
>><5hbrah$ctt$1@gail.ripco.com>...
>>> Dear Ada & C gurus:
>>> 
>>> We are looking for an "Ada95-to-ANSI_C" converter to run 
>>> ATS (Abstract Test Suite) via HP Broadband Test System. 
>>> Can anyone share his or her thoughts on this?
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>>This raises a few immediate questions. Do you mean ANSI C, or do you mean
>>ANSI C++ (as it evolves)? 
>
>Jennifer writes "C gurus", "ANSI_C", and cross-posts to comp.lang.c; 
>it is possible she means ANSI C.

Indeed.

>>It would probably be helpful to know about your application in a little
>>more detail, also.
>
>I always wonder about these language conversion projects myself.

C is not even an Object-based language.
Ada95 is an OO language.
Therefore, we use the OO methodology to express in an OO language for
Human, and let the none Human dealing with conversion.
That is the idea.


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