From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f27ccce235839b37 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-17 07:40:10 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!PSAVAX.PWFL.COM!CONDIC Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 10:23:23 EST Sender: Ada programming language From: CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM Subject: Re: Jovial To Ada Translator Date: 1995-03-17T10:23:23-05:00 List-Id: From: Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93 Subject: Re: Jovial To Ada Translator Original_To: PROFS%"SMTP@PWAGPDB" Original_cc: CONDIC Eric L. Beser" writes: > >We have about 7-10K lines of Jovial that needs to be translated >into Ada95. Is there a tool that is available that can do this? > Have you considered buying a 6 pack and some jelly doughnuts for your favorite Jovial/Ada literate programmer and getting him to do the job over a weekend? :-) If the only need is for a 7-10K translation, I'd suggest you're going to spend more time finding, learning how to use, and debugging the results of an automatic translator than you would to simply jump in there and do it. Most of Jovial has corresponding Ada features so it would mostly be a syntactic effort. Pax, Marin Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer ATT: 407.796.8997 M/S 731-93 Technet: 796.8997 Pratt & Whitney, GESP Internet: CONDICMA@PWFL.COM P.O. Box 109600 Internet: MDCONDIC@AOL.COM West Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600 =============================================================================== Please send responses to one of the addresses in this trailer. A "reply" to the address in the message header will bounce. BTW: Mr. Pratt, Mr. Whitney & I have the same opinions quite often. But you should check with them to see if this is one of those occasions. =============================================================================== "According to my best recollection, I don't remember." -- Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo ===============================================================================