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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Use of c2ada by someone who does not know C
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:59:36 +0100
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karhof21@gmail.com writes:

> This question is for those who are familiar with c2ada.
>
> Are there any limitations of c2ada? Or can we expect all C programs to
> be smoothly translated into Ada?
>
> Is c2ada a useful tool for someone who does not know C at all, and who
> simply wants to translate C programs into Ada code?
> Or is some knowledge of C required?
>
> Finally, are comments preserved in the translated code?

See my last comment on this subject [1]; this was in reply to someone
who couldn't get "hello, world" translated.

[1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.ada/RwBY4aw3lQk/3EEiL_WypU8J