Re: Modula-2 grammar sought (Summary)

Thanks to all who replied following my request for Modula-2 to
C translators, or Modula-2 grammars.


> I've been given the task of porting fairly large quantities of
> Modula-2 code to C. If I am unsuccessful in finding a PD
> translator for this purpose I am probably going to have to
> work one up myself.


The following reply (from Carl Witty <cwitty@cs.Stanford.EDU>) is
typical:


    Dave Gillespie's p2c Pascal to C translator has a Modula-2 mode. It
    doesn't quite handle all of Modula-2's features, but it may be enough
    for you. It's available by anonymous ftp to csvax.cs.caltech.edu; the
    author is daveg@csvax.cs.caltech.edu.


Several people also suggested looking at the Modula-3 compiler available
on the net. There were no Modula-2 grammars forthcoming.


Others who replied were:
    wilker@gauss.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson)
    m2xenix!sequent.com!pasqnt!jfk (Jim Kerrigan)
    raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen)
    Pat.Terry@f4.n494.z5.fidonet.org
    Chris Siebenmann <cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu>
    Piet van Oostrum <piet@cs.ruu.nl>


Troy Zerr <zerr@math.wisc.edu> wrote:


    Writing a reliable translator from Modula-2 to C is not particularly
    easy. Doing the translation by hand would almost certainly be quicker
    than writing a robust translator, and would probably be quicker than
    writing an unreliable translator and then manually fixing up the
    translated code.


    However, if you are interested, someone wrote a master's thesis
    on a Modula-2 to C translator. Hang on a sec ...


    The thesis was written by Matthias Martin at Karlsruhe, Germany.
    The thesis is titled
    "Entwurf und Implementierung eines Ubersetzers von Modula-2 nach C"
    and as the title would suggest, the thesis is in German.




Frode Odegard (frode@DCI2FD.DAS.NET) wrote:


    There's a German company with a Modula-2 --> C translator. Call
    Real Time Associates - (81) 656 7333. They're GOOD guys and won't sell
    anything untested. Ask for Dave Fox, tell him Frode Odegard sent ya.


    What a *sad* task, sir. :-)


    ....- Frode Odegard, Veda Technologies
    PS: reply to frode@toaster.sfsu.edu


Again thanks to all who replied.


George Wells.
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