Re:Some thoughts on hylang (2017)
by coldtea on Thursday March 21, 2019 @08:52AM
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>It's a lisp that compiles? (transpiles? I never get the difference)
I've seen others make the same claim. How's the difference difficult to get. It might not be 100% clear-cut and have some edge cases, but in common parlance:
Compile -> compiles to executable machine code (or executable bytecode for your VM).
Transpile -> produces code in another language (which is then compiled or interpreted or whatever).
I've seen others make the same claim. How's the difference difficult to get. It might not be 100% clear-cut and have some edge cases, but in common parlance:
Compile -> compiles to executable machine code (or executable bytecode for your VM).
Transpile -> produces code in another language (which is then compiled or interpreted or whatever).