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“transpiler”, “compiler”, either terminology is valid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_c
by michaelsbradley 2y ago
“transpiler”, “compiler”, either terminology is valid:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler
- metadat 2y agoThanks, I'd always thought targeted transformations -> transpiler, but it makes sense it's really a subset of general compiler functionality, sans binary output.
- randomdata 2y ago> but it makes sense it's really a subset of general compiler functionality, sans binary output. Tell us more about this compiler subset that does not produce binary output. What do they produce? Ternary? Qubits? Nothing?
- lolinder 2y agoThey produce text, such as Golang source code.
- randomdata 2y agoThanks for your response, but the Go spec asserts that Go source is represented as UTF-8. UTF-8 is a binary encoding. We're talking about compilers that produce something other than binary output.
- lolinder 2y agoAh, my mistake, I thought you were making an earnest inquiry and not a joke. Carry on.