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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Re: Automated conversion to C++?
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:21:19 +0100
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Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
> Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:

>> The good part is that I am allowed to do the actual programming in
>> Ada, and just use an automated translator to generate the C++ code.
>
> Such a thing is impossible, since Ada is a concurrent language, and
> C++ is a sequential language, unless you want to translate the
> entire concurrency runtime and include calls to it.

It is good enough with POSIX dependent C++ code.  And I don't plan to
do anything which depends critically on the more detailed requirements
on Ada tasking (a "pthreads" based solution is likely to be good
enough).

I have no interest in perfect C++ code.  It should just be able to
pass through a C++ compiler, and give roughly the same answer as the
Ada code.

Greetings,

Jacob
-- 
"I'm going as a barrel of toxic waste!"