Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Hans-Peter Diettrich Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Are transpiling techniques different than compiling techniques? Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:19:20 +0200 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 19 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <21-10-021@comp.compilers> References: <21-10-017@comp.compilers> <21-10-019@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="19498"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: translator Posted-Date: 12 Oct 2021 22:12:34 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com In-Reply-To: <21-10-019@comp.compilers> Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2729 On 10/12/21 11:34 AM, Detlef Meyer-Eltz wrote: > I'm working for years on the Delphi to C++ translator "Delphi2Cpp", > without beeing aware, that this kind of software is called a "transpiler". > > https://www.texttransformer.com/Delphi2Cpp_en.html > Hi Detlef, I find your "TextTransformer" quite a good name :-) > In contrast to a compiler, which has to be fast because it is used over > and over again in the development of software, the speed of the > tranpiler does not matter: ideally, it only has to be used once to do > its job. Depending on the project type all (daily...) updates of the origin have to be translated anew. With the risk of introduced bugs that require a verification of each translation. DoDi