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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Ravenscar References
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"J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> wrote in message 
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> Le 22/01/2019 à 00:19, Randy Brukardt a écrit :
>> I don't think it is possible to "convert" regular Ada code into Ravenscar
>> (unless, of course, it doesn't use any tasks ;-). You pretty much have to
>> completely rewrite it with Ravenscar in mind. (In this way, it is very 
>> much
>> like using SPARK.)
>
> I don't fully agree with that statement; it all depends where you start
> from.
>
> I recently helped one of my clients who wanted to move to Ravenscar. The
> original structure was all Ada83, communicating with rendezvous.
> However, it was already safety critical, therefore based on cyclic,
> never ending tasks, and limited communications. It was reasonably easy
> to define patterns for matching the existing structure into Ravenscar
> patterns.

The OP was looking for free resources to do this job for any existing Ada 
code, and that clearly doesn't exist, and it can't exist. I certainly 
believe that it can be done if the code is already quite limited and if you 
hire a Ravenscar expert to help. :-)

                                    Randy.