Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Bruce or Tracy]

A co-worker said that he doesn't believe he was dreaming when he thought
he saw a website which contained a translator that would convert Ada
code
into Perl/CGI script.

Was he dreaming, or does such really exist?  Interesting translator, if
it
exists.  

Bruce

Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[JF Harrison]

These dont convert Ada to Perl/CGI, but might be what your friend saw:

http://www.dwheeler.com/adacgi/
or
http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~dale/cgi/
or 
http://www.cs.uofs.edu/~beidler/Ada/cgi/cgi.html

JF

Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Bruce or Tracy]

Thank you.  I will pass it along to him at work tomorrow.  I clicked on
the links
and briefly scanned them.  Will spend more time tomorrow reading them.

Thanks,  
Bruce

JF Harrison wrote:
> 
> These dont convert Ada to Perl/CGI, but might be what your friend saw:
> 
> http://www.dwheeler.com/adacgi/
> or
> http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~dale/cgi/
> or
> http://www.cs.uofs.edu/~beidler/Ada/cgi/cgi.html
> 
> JF

Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Ted Dennison]

In article <00cc01c07512$fc01a040$63075140@Cal>,
  comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org wrote:
> These dont convert Ada to Perl/CGI, but might be what your friend saw:
>
> http://www.dwheeler.com/adacgi/
> or
> http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~dale/cgi/
> or
> http://www.cs.uofs.edu/~beidler/Ada/cgi/cgi.html

That would be my guess too. He's probably suffering under the impression
that CGI=Perl, thus any Ada CGI program would have to be converted to
Perl at some point...

--
T.E.D.

http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html


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Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Bruce or Tracy]

When I first started learning Perl, I couldn't think of CGI without
thinking
Perl.  I am still not sure I but what I still tend to do that.

:)

Bruce

Ted Dennison wrote:
> 
> In article <00cc01c07512$fc01a040$63075140@Cal>,
>   comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org wrote:
> > These dont convert Ada to Perl/CGI, but might be what your friend saw:
> >
> > http://www.dwheeler.com/adacgi/
> > or
> > http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~dale/cgi/
> > or
> > http://www.cs.uofs.edu/~beidler/Ada/cgi/cgi.html
> 
> That would be my guess too. He's probably suffering under the impression
> that CGI=Perl, thus any Ada CGI program would have to be converted to
> Perl at some point...
> 
> --
> T.E.D.
> 
> http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html
> 
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Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Robert Dewar]

In article <3A552875.341E6764@hiwaay.net>,
  Bruce or Tracy <bljacobs@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> When I first started learning Perl, I couldn't think of CGI
> without thinking Perl.

Well the new Ada.CGI package that comes with the latest
versions of GNAT should help break that bad habit :-)


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Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Florian Weimer]

Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:

> Well the new Ada.CGI package that comes with the latest
> versions of GNAT should help break that bad habit :-)

Ada.CGI?  Not GNAT.CGI?

Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Robert Dewar]

In article <87u27eo5oq.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>,
  Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
>
> > Well the new Ada.CGI package that comes with the latest
> > versions of GNAT should help break that bad habit :-)
>
> Ada.CGI?  Not GNAT.CGI?


Oops, I meant GNAT.CGI indeed (Ada.CGI would be an illegal
extension of the language :-)


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Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Laurent Guerby]

Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
> Oops, I meant GNAT.CGI indeed (Ada.CGI would be an illegal
> extension of the language :-)

Isn't an implementation free to add children to existing
language-defined library packages? (GNAT does so.)

-- 
Laurent Guerby <guerby@acm.org>

Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Randy Brukardt]

Laurent Guerby wrote in message <86r92hyh6s.fsf@acm.org>...
>Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
>> Oops, I meant GNAT.CGI indeed (Ada.CGI would be an illegal
>> extension of the language :-)
>
>Isn't an implementation free to add children to existing
>language-defined library packages? (GNAT does so.)


Not to package Ada (see A.2(4) and the associated AARM text).
Grandchildren of Ada are OK.
GNAT does *not* add any children to Ada.

        Randy.

Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Robert Dewar]

In article <86r92hyh6s.fsf@acm.org>,
  Laurent Guerby <guerby@acm.org> wrote:
> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
> > Oops, I meant GNAT.CGI indeed (Ada.CGI would be an illegal
> > extension of the language :-)
>
> Isn't an implementation free to add children to existing
> language-defined library packages? (GNAT does so.)


An implementation can add grand-children, but not children
to the Ada hierarchy. This is perfectly clear in the RM:

                               Legality Rules

4   In the standard mode, it is illegal to compile a child of
package Ada.


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Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Gisle Sælensminde]

In article <934kfa$g4u$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Robert Dewar wrote:
>In article <87u27eo5oq.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>,
>  Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
>> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
>>
>> > Well the new Ada.CGI package that comes with the latest
>> > versions of GNAT should help break that bad habit :-)
>>
>> Ada.CGI?  Not GNAT.CGI?
>
>
>Oops, I meant GNAT.CGI indeed (Ada.CGI would be an illegal
>extension of the language :-)


In which versions of GNAT can this be found. I could not find it in
ALT's distribution GNAT 3.13p, but I can have missed it. Is there any
place to find the source of it.                    

--
Gisle S�lensminde ( gisle@ii.uib.no )   

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necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going
to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
overhead. (from RFC 1925)

Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Florian Weimer]

gisle@apal.ii.uib.no (Gisle S�lensminde) writes:

[GNAT.CGI]

> In which versions of GNAT can this be found. I could not find it in
> ALT's distribution GNAT 3.13p, but I can have missed it. Is there any
> place to find the source of it.                    

It's probably part of the GNAT version available to supported ACT
customers.

Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Robert Dewar]

In article <87ofxjv4n1.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>,
  Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
> It's probably part of the GNAT version available to supported
> ACT customers.

It is available on a prerelease basis to GNAT Professional
users now, so if you are a GNAT Professional user, you can
request a prerelease, but it is not yet in any official GNAT
release.


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Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Robert Dewar]

In article <slrn95gsbq.lpf.gisle@apal.ii.uib.no>,
  gisle@apal.ii.uib.no (Gisle =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E6lensminde?=)
wrote:
> In which versions of GNAT can this be found. I could not find
> it in ALT's distribution GNAT 3.13p, but I can have missed
> it. Is there any place to find the source of it.

This is part of GNAT 3.14 (see features list I posted a while
ago). We are expecting the first field release of 3.14 by the
end of this month, and if things go smoothly, the release
of 3.14p should follow shortly after.



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Re: Ada - to - Perl/CGI translator

[Bruce or Tracy]

Thank you.

:)

Bruce

Robert Dewar wrote:
> 
> In article <3A552875.341E6764@hiwaay.net>,
>   Bruce or Tracy <bljacobs@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> > When I first started learning Perl, I couldn't think of CGI
> > without thinking Perl.
> 
> Well the new Ada.CGI package that comes with the latest
> versions of GNAT should help break that bad habit :-)
> 
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