Re: Ada to C++ translator?

["Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.com>]

Robert Brantley wrote >
>We are re-using code from a legacy system, and we have spent a lot of
>effort on binding this legacy Ada code to the RTOS we are using.  As the
>work
>has progressed it has become increasing apparent how much work is involved
>in mating the Ada code to the RTOS and the RTOS's development tools.  A
>great
>deal of complexity could be cut out if we move the application code to the
>RTOS
>native language or it's derivative C++.

Perhaps the following table from
http://www.rtcgroup.com/cotsjournal/cots7800/cots7800p60.html might be of
interest when you discuss the costs of using Ada. BTW Don't expect better
numbers from C++.

|language | Lines /| Errors /     | Time /  | Total /       |
|         | Error  | 10,000 Lines | Error   | 10,000 (hours)|
|---------+--------+--------------+---------+---------------|
|  Ada    |  270   |      37      |  20 min |  12.35 hours  |
|---------+--------+--------------+---------+---------------|
|   C     |   80   |     125      | 240 min | 500 hours     |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+

Remember time is subjective. You don't really know how much time you spend
unless you measure.


Greetings,