Re: Ada -> C or C++ translator

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <3D0DDD18.7090501@yahoo.com>, David Rasmussen <pinkfloydhomer@yahoo.com> writes:
> Martin Dowie wrote:
>> 
>> Why do you suspect that an Ada compiler won't give you decent performance?
>> The performance of today's Ada95 compilers seem pretty much on a par with
>> the C/C++ compilers I'm using. There is an argument that they should be
>> able to produce more efficient code too but other than the 'famous' Tartan
>> compiler paper, I have yet to see much evidence of this.
>> 
>> Didn't Averstar/Intermetric's Ada compiler use 'C' as an intermediate
>> representation?

It would be more accurate to say that they have a version of their
AdaMagic product that uses C as an intermediate representation.
In other settings it is coupled with a different back end and a
different intermediate representation.

> There might exist good Ada compilers. But I use free tools. I use gcc 
> for Ada, and while it has a good x86 backend, there exist other free 
> compilers such as the free Intel C++ and others that produce even better 
> code. Such a translator would give more choice to the programmer.

But your original post said:

> Does such a translator exist?

with no requirement the translator be free (in any sense of the word).