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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,32cfbb718858528b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-04 07:11:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!cox.net!news-east.rr.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamfinder.gnilink.net!nwrddc03.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Commercial C To Ada 95 compiler X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 14:11:03 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.157.176.41 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrddc03.gnilink.net 1023199863 141.157.176.41 (Tue, 04 Jun 2002 10:11:03 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 10:11:03 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25304 Date: 2002-06-04T14:11:03+00:00 List-Id: > No, thanks that wouldn't help. I want to know how such a compiler works > and if such a > compiler can produce acceptable Ada Code. I've had some experience with automatic conversion. Yes, a well-written converter can get you "acceptable" code in that the generated code is 90% likely to compile and reproduce the expected behavior. Other than that, the code resulting from automatic conversions is usually atrocious. Automatically converted code is frequently used as a starting point, with some significant clean up effort later.