Ada-Changer

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• How is my application’s safety certification maintained or re-asserted after converting to C?

  Probably the best analogy is recompiling the system with a new compiler. Clearly you would have to rerun all your tests, but presuming you translate any Ada unit tests/drivers as well, you should be a...

• How does Ada-C/C++ Changer handle run-time errors?

  Ada language, by default, automatically handles various run-time errors that are not handled by the application. It is recommended that the Ada code be first inspected manually or using Ada Inspector ...

• How do you migrate the Ada tasking model to C/C++?

  If the original code uses Ada tasking, the translated code makes calls on the routines that implement the Ada tasking model. As mentioned above, these are in turn implemented by a layered Ada run-time...

• What are the components of Ada-C/C++ Changer?

  There are six components of Ada-C/C++ Changer: AdaCgen - Ada compiler which automatically compiles all user-registered Ada source and generates interim optimized C files, then the compiler will go thr...

• What does the Ada-C/C++ changer tool consist of?

  This tool uses the same Ada 95 font end that is used by Green Hills, Aonix, Analog Devices and Raytheon for their validated Ada 95 compilers. The C-generating “emitter” is used on daily basis both in-...

• What is the difference between Ada-C/C++ Changer and an Ada to C language syntax converter?

  Ada-C/C++ Changer is not an Ada to C language syntax converter, which is very inefficient. Ada-C/C++ Changer technology is actually an Ada compiler along with a few command line switches that are used...

• Can I evaluate Ada-C/C++ Changer?

  Yes, you can download an evaluation here: www.mapusoft.com/downloads...

• We have both a unclassified repository and a classified repository. The delta of our repositories is about 10,000 SLOCS. If we know the files which are different, can Ada-C/C++ Changer tool convert just those files without requiring a license that would re-count the other 100k lines that are the same?

  You would only need to convert the package bodies in the shared code once. The package specs would be needed for both translations....

• During our transition from Ada to C++, we will likely have developers working in Ada. How does Ada-C/C++ Changer handle development versions? For example, we take a snapshot of our Ada code today for conversion. While we are converting our Ada code and testing our new C++ code, our developers will be making improvements to the Ada. During the conversion, the developers make changes comparable to 3000 SLOC dispersed throughout the Ada project. Will the tool process just the 3000 SLOC changes when we go to make our final snapshot or will we need to convert the entire 150,000 SLOC again, resulting in the need for a license with more SLOC conversions?

  The license is based on the maximum number of lines of code in the code base. There is no extra charge to re-translate the same lines again, nor to translate modified lines. If there are additional li...

• Our Ada Software is far from modular. We would have a difficult time converting code pieces of the project for trial testing. How do you suggest we go evualuating Ada-C/C++ Changer to make sure it meets our needs? For example, if we just grabbed 5 random .adb files, would ADA-C/C++ Changer handle the conversion and just tell us what was undefined? Or would it fail completely?

  AdaChanger is like a compiler. It requires the specs for any package that is withed. It requires the bodies for any generic that is instantiated. It can work on a piece of a program, but that piece mu...