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Re:ShiftJS – Swift to JavaScript transpiler by michaelmior on Sunday August 14, 2016 @11:04PM (#12288391)
Calling it a compiler is certainly accurate but transpiler seems more appropriate in this context.
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Re:ShiftJS – Swift to JavaScript transpiler by catmanjan on Sunday August 14, 2016 @11:10PM (#12288400)
Yep saying transpiler is just being more specific, like saying car instead of automobile - although it is probably superfluous when including the names of both input and output languages.
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