Re: Ada95 to ANSI_C converter

[kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner)]

In article <dewar.859987799@merv> dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
>The discrepancy here has to do with your view of what it means to produce
>something like this. If you are talking about just getting something
>working, and someone who knows GCC is doing the work, you can cranck 
>something out pretty quick. But to make something approach a usable product
>is always much more work
>
>One thing that would complicate this particular project substantially is
>the testing. Since the idea is to get something that works on all C compilers
>on all machines, reasonably thorough testing means playing on lots of
>different machines, which always adds a lot of effort.

Yes, I was indeed referring to just getting something working.  It's
not too clear what making a "product" out of such a thing would mean,
especially because of the testing issues you raise, which would be a
major proposition.

I'd view such an effort as creating more of a *tool* that could be used
in various products than as a product itself.