p2c - Pascal to C translator. By Jean-Marc Zucconi.

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+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.
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