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: 103376,41100a78496a4c71 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-03 18:52:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.icl.net!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Nethack! (was): AdaGames Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:31:06 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <98104da8.0203280310.143a1c18@posting.google.com> <4519e058.0203290613.73b55af4@posting.google.com> <6g4gaugv9a85i56kvgcgmu4h2jkjprutec@4ax.com> <4519e058.0204010704.ed2cd06@posting.google.com> <4519e058.0204021030.14127b06@posting.google.com> <4519e058.0204030706.7bd0ed6c@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1017847867 19894 136.170.200.133 (3 Apr 2002 15:31:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Apr 2002 15:31:07 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22073 Date: 2002-04-03T15:31:07+00:00 List-Id: And, of course, why bother? A C program translated directly into Ada doesn't really buy you much. Its still the same program with the same features. What is more interesting is to examine what the program does and possibly utilize that as a basis for developing a new & more interesting program. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:4519e058.0204030706.7bd0ed6c@posting.google.com... > > Sure, this process won't net you *the* Nethack. But trying to > hand-port it won't either. By the time you could get done with it, the > C codebase would have moved on. >