Re: Translating 83 => 9X (Was: Re: Ada 9X objectives)

[billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 )]

From rfg@ics.uci.edu (Ronald Guilmette):
>>  The US Government is actively planning to maximize the use of
>>  automatic translation technology during the transition from Ada
>>  83 to Ada 9X.  
> 
> Holy smokes!!!!  Is it just me folks, or does the statement above imply that 
> (a) Ada 9X has already been designed, and (b) it *does not*  provide upward
> compatibility for Ada 83 programs?

   It means only what it says: whatever 9X's final form, the use 
   of automatic translation technology will probably be maximized.
   This probably will take the form of an automatic translator being
   built to Government specs and placed in the Ada Software Repository.

   I would think that there would be enough similarity to make the
   use of automatic translation reasonable; this technology has
   proven not to be exceptionally useful where remarkably dissimilar
   languages are involved, such as in a Fortran-to-Ada conversion. 


   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu