News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you most excited about?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you ... by sigjuice on Friday August 04, 2017 @09:16PM (#14933706)
What I understand is that they invented a language called Crystal. And they made a compiler for it. The phrase "compiled language" is not very meaningful. It is quite possible for someone to make a Crystal interpreter.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you ... by goatlover on Friday August 04, 2017 @10:02PM (#14933849)
Sure, but the goal of the language creator is to create a compiled Ruby-like language. As such, Crystal is by design meant to be compiled. Which is also the case for languages like C, C++, Go, etc.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you ... by sigjuice on Friday August 04, 2017 @11:49PM (#14934125)
What properties of C indicate that it is meant to be compiled? The word "compiler" does not appear in the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard (aka C99) in any meaningful way (there is just one sentence in a footnote).
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you ... by goatlover on Saturday August 05, 2017 @12:16AM (#14934188)
That it's fairly close to assembly for a high level language, and most C that has ever been written has been compiled.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you ... by sigjuice on Saturday August 05, 2017 @12:27AM (#14934230)
Okay, but it still seems strange to claim compiled-ness as some sort of intrinsic property of a language.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you ... by goatlover on Saturday August 05, 2017 @01:05AM (#14934318)
It's more a general descriptive of languages designed with compilation in mind.
[ Parent | on HN ]