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In comp.text.tex, tml@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi (Tor Lillqvist) writes:

> (Actually web2c translates Pascal to C.)  There is also a free
> Pascal-to-C translator which is better than the web2c system (which,
> after all, is a bit of a hack).  The translator, ptc, was posted to
> the net some years ago.  I have made some enhancements to it, and
> could make it available for ftp if there is interest.  I have used it
> to compile TeX 2.93 et al. successfully (don't yet ask about 2.9993).

     There is, in my opinion, an even better Pascal to C/C++ translator
available.  At the end of this message, I've included a copy of a
posting from comp.archives that describes where/how to get it.

     Note that I'm just a happy user; I have NO connection with the
author of this program other than as a user.

     Not only does this translator produce human-readable code, it will
use *different* C code constructs depending on how many times an array
is referenced within a loop and on whether or not the procedure being
translated is a nested procedure.  It is a very intelligent translator,
and actually spends quite a bit of time trying to reformat the
translated C code to a user-definable indentation specification; it can
actually make unreadable (i.e., poorly-formatted) Pascal code appear
readable.

Features:

1. It can handle more than one dialect of "Pascal" (note that Modula-2 is
   in this list):

        HP (default; Pascal Workstation version)
        MODCAL (HP's advanced Pascal)
        HP-UX (almost same as HP)
        TURBO (vers 5.0 for IBM PC)
        OREGON (Oregon Software Pascal-2 V2.1)
        VAX (VAX/VMS Pascal)
        MODULA (Modula-2)
        UCSD (almost same as TURBO)
        MPW (MPW Pascal 2.0 for the Mac)

2. It can translate to C (K&R or ANSI) or C++ code.

3. Target machines can be: HPUX-300, SUN-68K, BSD-VAX, BSD, or SYSV

     -- Darryl Okahata
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DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.

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From: reid@cpswh.cps.msu.edu (Dr Richard J. Reid)
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1990 02:26:57 GMT
Subject: [comp.lang.c] Summary: Pascal_to_C Translator
Newsgroups: comp.archives

Archive-name: p2c/how-to-get
Original-posting-by: reid@cpswh.cps.msu.edu (Dr Richard J. Reid)
Original-subject: Summary: Pascal_to_C Translator
Archive-site: csvax.caltech.edu [192.12.18.1]
Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)

Thanks to those who have responded.  The translator is
available from the ftp source:  csvax.caltech.edu
as p2c.

It was written by Dave Gillespie and has provisions
for recognizing several dialects of Pascal.  The translator
also accepts a Modula-2 flag for that source.

There was one inquiry about the AT&T FORTRAN_2_C but
I can't find my references about that.  I know I
saw it posted here somewhere within the last few weeks.
Any help?

Dick