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In article <4jgglp$1td@ux-01.bg.bib.de>, dozja@ux-01.bg.bib.de (Holger Jakobs) writes:
> Anders Kroksaeter (akro@veg.sintef.no) wrote:
> : I have this Modula-2 DOS program, which I'm thinking of converting to 
> : Pascal, and then perhaps into Delphi.
> 
> : Can anyone tell me if there is a Modula-2 to Pascal Code Converter 
> : around ?
> 
> WHY? Why does anybody want to go back from a superior language to a
> predecessor?
> 
> Actually, it won't work if you have any code in it that uses features
> that are only available in Modula-2.
> 
> I am afraid you will have to rewrite most of it manually.
> 
> Holger   ja@bg.bib.de
  Real soon now... we are promised Modula-2 'delphi's from TopSpeed and
Stony Brook. ( well, not exactly delphi clone, but windows friendly at least )
 Betas of both have been kicking about for appx 6 months - that may be one
solution.

 We have written a Pascal -> Modula-2 translator, for our Mod51 cross compiler.
( no plans to go the other way.... )
 However, for M2 -> Borland Pascal v7, they have many m2 style extensions,
though are still a m2 subset.
 I would suggest you write a simple 'begin' inserter/translator for starters,
then focus on doing PASCAL versions of the m2 libraries.
 If you use BITSET, LOOP, ARRAY OF CHAR a lot, it will not be easy....
BP7 does have a C style Char Pointer, for dealing with null terminated
strings.
 Another option would be to place the M2 stuff into a DLL, and put a 
Delphi shell around it ( it depends on your requirements... ).
 - jim granville.



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