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diff --git a/lang/p2c/pkg-descr b/lang/p2c/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..17a91b234b78 --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/p2c/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +P2c is a tool for translating Pascal programs into C. The input +consists of a set of source files in any of the following Pascal +dialects: HP Pascal, Turbo/UCSD Pascal, DEC VAX Pascal, Oregon +Software Pascal/2, Macintosh Programmer's Workshop Pascal, +Sun/Berkeley Pascal, Texas Instruments Pascal, Apollo Domain Pascal. +Modula-2 syntax is also supported. Output is a set of .c and .h files +that comprise an equivalent program in any of several dialects of +C. Output code may be kept machine- and dialectindependent, or it may +be targeted to a specific machine and compiler. Most reasonable Pascal +programs are converted into fully functional C which will compile and +run with no further modifications, although p2c sometimes chooses to +generate readable code at the expense of absolute generality. P2c +endeavors to insert notes and warning messages into the output code to +point out areas which may require human intervention. Output code is +arranged to be readable and efficient, and to make use of C idioms +wherever possible. The main goal of the translation is to produce C +files which are pleasant and "natural" enough to be acceptable as the +new source files for a program. In a pinch, p2c will also serve as an +ad hoc Pascal compiler. The p2cc script makes it easy to use p2c as a +compiler. + |