"Frode Tenneb�" <frodet@nvg.org> wrote in message news:ddo969.8qa.ln@leia...

: This is indeed a very interesting idea. I have only barely touched a
: UML tool (Rational Rose), so I wouldn't really have any experiences at
: all. However, one of it's selling points is the ability to reverse
: engineer code and draw fancy diagrams for you.
:
: And if it can do Ada -> UML -> Ada, why should it not manage
: Ada -> UML -> C++ (or more desireable, C++ -> UML -> Ada)?
:
: Have you tried this without success before?

My understanding is that Rose will only generate the overall structure of
the code; it's not a complete code generator (or, by extension, a
translator).