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Cool idea, I like languages that compile down into C/C++ (like Nim), leverages the ubiquitious nature of C compilers across multiple platforms. Are there any sa

Cool idea, I like languages that compile down into C/C++ (like Nim), leverages the ubiquitious nature of C compilers across multiple platforms. Are there any samples of the final sources? It says it's designed for library development, but if there's a error/bug in the generated code am I actually going to debug and parse it effectively? Generated code may be "readable" but it is it understandable? Or am I going to have to try and fix it in the original code (which may be difficult to pinpoint the source of the error if context is lost during compilation)

eru 5y ago
Thanks to LLVM compiling your language via C seems to have plummeted in popularity somewhat. It used to be a somewhat popular option for Haskell as well.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  And Eiffel, which uses a JIT based VM for development and then compilation to native code via the platform C or C++ compilers.
hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
> Are there any samples of the final sources? Have a look here: https://github.com/pfusik/datamatrix-ci https://github.com/pfusik/datamatrix-ci
- forgotpwd16 5y ago
  Those aren't samples of the final sources. It's a C-acute program, that output a library in the various languages, and example sources that make use of that output. Although there's usually no reason committing an output, this case is probably an exception.
pfusik 5y ago
> Are there any samples of the final sources? https://github.com/pfusik/cito/issues/21 https://github.com/pfusik/cito/issues/21 I generally check-in just the Ć source and not the translations, but if you want a quick look at the generated C code, here's some: https://sourceforge.net/p/asap/code/ci/master/tree/asap.c https://sourceforge.net/p/asap/code/ci/master/tree/asap.c > if there's a error/bug in the generated code am I actually going to debug and parse it effectively? Generated code may be "readable" but it is it understandable? I had no problems with that so far. Nim adds a lot of boilerplate code in C output. cito sometimes adds a few lines here and there, but mostly it looks like the code you would write directly.

eru 5y ago

Thanks to LLVM compiling your language via C seems to have plummeted in popularity somewhat. It used to be a somewhat popular option for Haskell as well.

pjmlp 5y ago
And Eiffel, which uses a JIT based VM for development and then compilation to native code via the platform C or C++ compilers.

hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago

> Are there any samples of the final sources? Have a look here: https://github.com/pfusik/datamatrix-ci https://github.com/pfusik/datamatrix-ci

forgotpwd16 5y ago
Those aren't samples of the final sources. It's a C-acute program, that output a library in the various languages, and example sources that make use of that output. Although there's usually no reason committing an output, this case is probably an exception.

pfusik 5y ago

> Are there any samples of the final sources? https://github.com/pfusik/cito/issues/21 https://github.com/pfusik/cito/issues/21 I generally check-in just the Ć source and not the translations, but if you want a quick look at the generated C code, here's some: https://sourceforge.net/p/asap/code/ci/master/tree/asap.c https://sourceforge.net/p/asap/code/ci/master/tree/asap.c > if there's a error/bug in the generated code am I actually going to debug and parse it effectively? Generated code may be "readable" but it is it understandable? I had no problems with that so far. Nim adds a lot of boilerplate code in C output. cito sometimes adds a few lines here and there, but mostly it looks like the code you would write directly.