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Page 35 of this paper has this sentence. One can also envisage a "transpiler" capable of converting a program from one such style into another with considerabl
by sigjuice 9y ago
Page 35 of this paper has this sentence.
One can also envisage a "transpiler" capable of converting a program from one such style into another with considerable generality.
Are there any other known citations of the term "transpiler"?
- chrisseaton 9y agoYes, there is also this book from 1999, which talks about a Pascal to C 'transpiler' around as early as 1989. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vKQSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PR8&lpg=PR8&dq=smith+yen+p2c&source=bl&ots=-eQE5Rs2ln&sig=4IljPIYoAYteUfapKJbmTe3tqnE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHo-aN-9bVAhXDbVAKHf4TAcgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=smith%20yen%20p2c&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vKQSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PR8&lpg=...
- sigjuice 9y agoThe actual author of p2c has the good taste to not call it a transpiler. https://schneider.ncifcrf.gov/p2c/historic/daves.index-2012Jul25-20-44-55.html https://schneider.ncifcrf.gov/p2c/historic/daves.index-2012J...