hoey@NRL-AIC@sri-unix.UUCP (09/01/83)
From: Dan Hoey <hoey@NRL-AIC> It is estimated that the WMCCS communications system will require five years to translate into Ada. Not man-years, but years; if the staffing is assumed to exceed two hundred then we are talking about a man-millenium for this task. Has any work been done on mechanical aids for translating programs into Ada? I seek pointers to existing and past projects, or assurances that no work has been done in this area. Any pointers to such information would be greatly appreciated. To illustrate my lack of knowledge in this field, the only work I have heard of for translating from one high-level language to another is UniLogic's translator for converting BLISS to PL/1. As I understand it, their program only works on the Scribe document formatter but could be extended to cover other programs. I am interested in hearing of other translators, especially those for translating into strongly-typed languages. Dan Hoey HOEY@NRL-AIC.ARPA