News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on What do people mean when they say “transpiler”?. Parent comment

Re:What do people mean when they say “transpiler”? by owebmaster on Sunday September 03, 2017 @07:51AM (#15160970)
> Is Kotlin a transpiler when it targets JavaScript, and only a true compiler when it targets the JVM or native code?

I'd say Kotlin is a language with different implementations, like clojure, ruby and others.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What do people mean when they say “transpiler”? by mannykannot on Sunday September 03, 2017 @11:10AM (#15161806)
Does Kotlin have an abstract specification, or is it defined by a reference implementation?
[ Parent | on HN ]