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> It's precompiled into C, creating a native executable. This reminds me of Bjarne Stroustrup's original implementation of C++ which was also transpiled to C.
by branko_d 4y ago
> It's precompiled into C, creating a native executable.
This reminds me of Bjarne Stroustrup's original implementation of C++ which was also transpiled to C. That was known as "Cfront" compiler at the time.
- jasfi 4y agoNim does the same thing.
- MaxBarraclough 4y agoThe less celebrated Vala language, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vala_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vala_(programming_language)
- dsvr 4y agoYes, kind of, you're right. C++ though went on for a roller-coaster of complexity, at least that's how I see it. I think of Vely as staying simple, declarative, and C all the way for performance reasons. More of a collection of practical things you'd want to do.