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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada to C++ translator
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* Bobby D. Bryant:

>> I am looking for an Ada to C++ translator.  The converter will only be
>> used as an intermediate step and not used on sections of code we will
>> be re-architecting to make use of C++ functionality.
>
> What is "C++ functionality"?

Implicit instantiation of templates, for example.  Low-overhead
destructors, parameterized exceptions and multiple inheritance come to
my mind, too.  And there is wild pointer arithmetic, of course.