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: 103376,1d52a75fd633fefc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-12 07:51:17 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!sjc-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Brian Rogoff Subject: Re: Ada to C++ translator? In-Reply-To: <968u79$405$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Message-ID: References: <3A844255.24A4DBA3@lmco.com> <3A84579A.F2A317EE@adapower.net> <968u79$405$1@nnrp1.deja.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:49:17 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.184.139.136 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: sjc-read.news.verio.net 981992957 206.184.139.136 (Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:49:17 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:49:17 GMT Organization: Verio Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5172 Date: 2001-02-12T15:49:17+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Ted Dennison wrote: > In article , > Brian Rogoff wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Britt Snodgrass wrote: > > > > > Robert Brantley wrote: > > > > > > > > Any recommendations on a Ada to C++ translator? We have no Ada > > > > tasking constructs to deal with. > > > Averstar > > http://www.averstar.com/services/IT_consulting.html > > has some Ada -> C technology. That may be good enough. > > > > http://www.ada2cc.com/ > > offers a program for this. > > Those convert to C, not C++. For instance, neither would convert a > tagged type to a C++ class. I already mentioned that the Averstar technology converts to C. And unless you know for a fact that the web page lies, www.ada2cc converts to C++ NOT C. Whether it does what you want with tagged types or not is irrelevant; the generated code in their examples uses classes and namepsaces, and they translate generics to templates. That's not C! -- Brian