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Should this Wikipedia page not exist then? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler
by tlrobinson 8y ago
Should this Wikipedia page not exist then? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler
- monocasa 8y agoI mean, it should exist according to wiki's rules since there are so many people using the term. Wiki intentionally doesn't try to independently verify any research, but just serves as a collation of ideas. What I would do is ask 'what part there is any different than any other compiler?'
- tlrobinson 8y agoIt's a type of compiler. Just like a truck is a type of vehicle, and a car is another type of vehicle.
- omeid2 8y agoThey both have four wheels and transport atoms. Why do you think it is helpful to be unambiguous between atoms that make up a human or atoms of any goods in the back of a truck? /s
- monocasa 8y agoExcept that there's a true formal (in fact legal) distinction between a car and a truck (they have different emissions standards). The whole distinction between a 'transpilers' and other compilers on the other hand is 'what is the user going to do with the output'.
- tlrobinson 8y agoThat's not the disinction I've seen. I like Wikipedia's: > translates between programming languages that operate at approximately the same level of abstraction That's fairly straightforward, though a bit subjective (which doesn't preclude a word from having meaning)
- sigjuice 8y agoIt shouldn't. There are several issues with the article and it should be deleted. None of the cited references actually support transpiler or source-to-source compiler as credible or noteworthy.