Ada to C (C++) Translator

Ada to C (C++) Translator

[Robert J. Curry]

I don't want to appear like a heretic but... is there an Ada to C or C++
translator?
Bob Curry

Re: Ada to C (C++) Translator

[Convey]

Yes... that *would* be a software downgrade, wouldn't it???

Robert J. Curry wrote:
> 
> I don't want to appear like a heretic but... is there an Ada to C or C++
> translator?
> Bob Curry

Re: Ada to C (C++) Translator

[David Weller]

In article <352E8A47.50CEB1AC@ccgate.hac.com>,
Robert J. Curry <rjcurry@ccgate.hac.com> wrote:
>I don't want to appear like a heretic but... is there an Ada to C or C++
>translator?
>Bob Curry
>

Bob,
Short answer: No.

Long answer: It's possible, but the resulting amount of money would be
FAR greater than just recompiling the Ada with an Ada95 compiler
(budget includes modifications to get it to compile :-) and linking it
using the standardized C interfaces.

You'll only appear like a heretic if you reject the "long answer" :-)

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Re: Ada to C (C++) Translator

[Ara Kassabian]

I was going to ask the same question, so I guess this saved me some typing. :) 

The problem is, in my case, that I would like to provide the framework for a
CORBA server that does RDBMS loading of CORBA objects. I already have some
considerable amount of code written in Ada95 using GNAT. Unfortunately, most of
our current development is in C++ (using SPARCworks or--gasp!--Visual C++) or
Java. It *is* possible to interface C++ and Ada95 but it is often not pretty.
Java and Ada95...? A translator would have worked better.

Maybe this should be a new GNU project...? (hint, hint) :)

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Re: Ada to C (C++) Translator

[Nick Roberts]

The answer is basically 'no'. This is a much discussed subject in this
newsgroup. I think an evaluation of the situation yields the answer why: an
Ada to C++ translator would require a person familiar with both languages,
who also thought that C++ was a _preferable_ language to Ada. No such person
exists (or ever will). ;-)

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Robert J. Curry wrote in message <352E8A47.50CEB1AC@ccgate.hac.com>...
|I don't want to appear like a heretic but... is there an Ada to C or C++
|translator?
|Bob Curry