[comp.lang.ada] looking for COBOL-> ADA converter

frank@west.nl (Frank J de Bruin) (02/15/91)

Does such a converter exists?

mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) (02/16/91)

In article <1991Feb14.161031.5376@west.nl> frank@west.nl (Frank J de Bruin) writes:
>Does such a converter exists?

I know little about the details of this system, but here is the entry from
the Ada Software Repository catalog. Has anyone ever tried this?

Mike Feldman

 
               Ada Software Repository Master Index, July 5, 1989
 
 
 PROGRAMMING TOOLS
   LANGUAGE TRANSLATORS
     COBOL TO ADA
 ===============================================================================
 UNIT NAME                                 Directory   PD2:<ADA.TRANSLATORS>
  COBOL_ADA                                     File Name      Bytes    Lines
 REVIEW CODE                                 ---------------  --------  ------
  RI; MF-DATA; CS (DEC Ada)                  ATTS.DOC           573175   17777
 AUTHOR                                      ATTS.INC              125       6
  Jeanne Robinette                           ATTSREQ.DOC         24172     375
  Advanced Technology Systems                ATTSREQ.INC           283       9
  8027 Leesburg Pike                         C2ADA.COM            1233      48
  Vienna, VA  22180                          C2ADA.PRO            2544      55
  703/827-0081 or 9519                       C2ADA.VM           143220     473
  Contact: Bob Knapper, IDA                  C2ADA1.INC            378      20
  703/824-5534                               C2ADA1.SRC         176651    4581
 DATE CREATED                                C2ADA2.INC            344      20
  9/86                                       C2ADA2.SRC         305525    9240
 DATE RELEASED                               C2ADA3.INC            309      20
  3/14/88                                    C2ADA3.SRC        1179914   29046
 DATE LAST UPDATED                           C2ADA4.INC            344      20
  3/14/88                                    C2ADA4.SRC         550160   15213
 LOCATION                                    C2ADA5.INC            467      26
  ASR                                        C2ADA5.SRC         995067   24738
 ENVIRONMENT                                 C2ADAVM.DOC           576      13
  VAX/VMS, DEC Ada                           C2AREAD.ME           4439      98
  DG MV10000, ROLM/DG AOS                    C2ART1.INC            406      20
 SEE ALSO                                    C2ART1.SRC         394393   11363
  WIS_TOOL_24_1                              C2ART2.INC            263      14
 SHORT DESCRIPTION                           C2ART2.SRC         159583    4863
  Translate WWMCCS H6000 COBOL 68 to         C2ATEST.INC           483      24
   Ada                                       C2ATEST.SRC         67232    2100
                                             ===============  ========  ======
                                              25 Files         4581286  120162
 
 ABSTRACT
  	COBOL_Ada is an automatic conversion tool for the conversion
  of COBOL source code files to Ada source code.  Conversion is done
  without human intervention.  COBOL_Ada converts a common dialect of
  WWMCCS H6000 COBOL 68 to Ada.