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So there will be an "official" JS VM but there will be no actual compilation. Title should be updated IMHO.

• extension 15y ago
  My understanding is that Processing always "compiles" (or more accurately, transliterates) to some other language -- originally Java and now JavaScript as well.
  • scott_s 15y ago
    A source-to-source compiler is still a compiler, and it still compiles. Transliteration implies that there is a one-to-one mapping between concepts in the source language and the target language, which is rarely the case. (If so, why bother with another language? Some of the languages which are a more readable CSS may come close, but my understanding is that they still have a few abstractions that don't exist in CSS.)
    • william42 15y ago
      The main case of transliteration I can think about is assembly language.
      • scott_s 15y ago
        Yes, good call, there is a one-to-one mapping between assembly language and machine code.
• jamesbritt 15y ago
  So there will be an "official" JS VM but there will be no actual compilation. You enter code using the Processing language, and if you've selected the JavaScript "mode" it will output JavaScript that uses processing.js and canvas. Prior to 2.0 the modes were "standard" (i.e. Java byte code) and "android" (Dalvik byte code, I presume, since you get an apk file).