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Re:Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagg... by feikname on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @07:36PM (#16372348)
I believe the term you are looking for is "transpiler".
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Re:Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagg... by Klathmon on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @08:03PM (#16372480)
No, it's a full compiler that would compile a DSL into JavaScript. Just because it's "to JavaScript" doesn't mean it's a transpiler.
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Re:Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagg... by brett40324 on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @08:54PM (#16372787)
> DSL to Javascript

That is a perfect example of the definition of transpiler!

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Re:Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagg... by Klathmon on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @09:00PM (#16372825)
I've never heard the term "transpiler" used to refer to anything DSL specific.

I've only ever heard it used for source-to-source compilers for JavaScript dialects.

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Re:Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagg... by brett40324 on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @09:10PM (#16372862)
Any source code to source code translation is considered transpilation until targeting byte code or other form of representation that is byte code, VM, or CPU specific. The terms do become blurred sometimes.
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