Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Christopher F Clark Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: What programming languages are simply abstractions on top of another programming language? Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 23:34:45 +0300 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 22 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <22-06-061@comp.compilers> References: <22-06-047@comp.compilers> <22-06-053@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="88559"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: design, macros Posted-Date: 21 Jun 2022 19:23:00 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:3084 There are more than a few languages which compile to the JVM (Java Virtual Machine). Lombok for Java, presuming you consider it a language fits that example. My impression is that Kotlin is an evolution of that. Scala is another possible example. I'm sure there are more. The lisp/scheme people do that quite often with "hygenic macros" and the "Racket" (or "Dr Racket") parser generator is built using that idea. -- ****************************************************************************** Chris Clark email: christopher.f.clark@compiler-resources.com Compiler Resources, Inc. Web Site: http://world.std.com/~compres 23 Bailey Rd voice: (508) 435-5016 Berlin, MA 01503 USA twitter: @intel_chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------