Re: P2Ada (v.22-Dec-2002)

["D De Villiers" <~ddevilliers999@lando.co.za>]

[-- Warning: decoded text below may be mangled, UTF-8 assumed --]
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2203 bytes --]

What about a tool that goes the other why around ? Ada to Pascal ?

Kind Regards,

Lennie De Villiers

EMail: ddevilliers@lando.co.za
Web: www.lando.co.za/Lennie
CV/Resume: www.lando.co.za/Lennie/CV.htm

"Deliver yesterday, code today, think tomorrow. "

- Programming Humor

--- Original Message --

> Hello. Recently G. A. Craig Carey (mostly) and I reworked P2Ada, a
> command-line Pascal to Ada translator.
>
> P2Ada is now able to translate large sources. Depending on
> the sources, the pre-work needed to have a successful translation and
> the rework after translation have been significantly reduced.
>
> URL: http://www.mysunrise.ch/users/gdm/gsoft.htm#p2ada
>
> Two recent "success stories":
>   - porting of MAS (Modula-2 Algebra System, 73 kSlocs)
>       by using Mod2P and P2Ada
>   - porting of the Numerical Recipes in Pascal.
>
> Bugs fixed: a lot!
>
> Some of the new features:
>
> - Support for Sqr, Odd, Eof, Eoln, Read, ReadLn, Ord, Chr (standard
Pascal)
>      and type Double
> - For Borland integers, a transitional package is provided.
> - Turbo Pascal 7's CONST parameters translated.
> - Set expressions better translated (in form of array of Boolean).
> - A procedure Dispose is created for each access type.
> - For variables of a structured type, P2Ada creates an ad-hoc type for
them.
> - Option to translate a "var" parameter by "var" instead
>      of "in out": it is wrong but caught by the Ada compiler for the
rework.
> - Name of procedures and functions put after "end".
> - Smarter recognition of variables (array elements, record fields,...)
> - Bigger buffers for translating large sources.
> - Added casing of Ada keywords (upper/lower/neutral).
>
> Enjoy!
> ________________________________________________________
> Gautier  --  http://www.mysunrise.ch/users/gdm/gsoft.htm
>
> NB: Pour une r�ponse directe, adresse e-mail sur le site ouaibe!
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 3 months FREE*.
>
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&S
U=
>
http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_eliminatevi
ruses_3mf
>