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: 103376,92892151eecb310d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-18 12:26:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Porting Ada to C (Stealth development) References: <3C48661F.9C0F316B@otelco.net> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.112.201.132 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1011385547 ST000 67.112.201.132 (Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:25:47 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:25:47 EST Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: [[PA@SVGXZUWSVPXN[O@_WH@YR_B@EXLLBWLOOAFQATJUZ]CDVW[AKK[J\]^HVKHG^EWZHBLO^[\NH_AZFWGN^\DHNVMX_DHHX[FSQKBOTS@@BP^]C@RHS_AGDDC[AJM_T[GZNRNZAY]GNCPBDYKOLK^_CZFWPGHZIXW@C[AFKBBQS@E@DAZ]VDFUNTQQ]FN Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:25:47 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19079 Date: 2002-01-18T20:25:47+00:00 List-Id: > > > The few times I have been required to write in C, I wrote Ada anyway. > > Why implement it twice? This increases the chance for errors and is more work. > Actually the Ada code I wrote probably wasn't compilable anyway > (more like pseudo code), I've written and debugged in Ada, then transliterated to a C deliverable. It was faster than trying to get it running in C in the first place. Once it was translated, of course, any further changes were strictly in the C version.