Hi all!

                I've lately noticed quite a number of people on the list
mentioning
                the need for an SPL to C or C++ converter.

                We have almost completed work on a module in our
Transport migration tool that
                performs such a conversion.

                Since Transport already converts TAL to C (The Tandem
equivalent of SPL),
                modifying the sytem for SPL syntax and structures was
straightforward.  Actually,
                TAL is a much richer language than SPL, so SPL was
almost a subset.
                Recall that the founders of Tandem were some engineers
from HP...

                One of the things that I really like about our
conversion tool is that comment
                placement is maintained in the new code as much as
possible.  For example,

                  procedure init'code(source'idx)
                    int source'idx;
                  begin
                     << Some code to initialize
                          This won't take long >>
                     byte array in'buff(0:79);
                     source'idx := 5;
                     move in'buff := "foo";  << standard response >>
                  end;

                becomes

                  function init_code(int source_idx)
                  {
                   /* Some code to initialize
                      This won't take long */
                    char in_buff[80];
                    source_idx = 5;
                    memcpy(in_buff, "foo");  // standard response
                  }

                This allows for nice maintainable code
afterwards...assuming, of course, that
                the code was nice and maintainable beforehand. :-)

                We expect to have our SPL to C++ conversion module ready
shortly.

                We'll see a few of you at the e3000 Symposium in a
couple of weeks!

                Regards,
                Ken Robertson
                R & D Development
                AD Technologies  www.adtech.com
                Phone: 514.858.6181 x 236
                Toll-Free: 800.667.8903

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