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Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python)

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2012-02-02 18:19 -0700
Subject Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python)
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:53 PM, andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/2/2 Amirouche Boubekki <amirouche.boubekki@gmail.com>:
>> They are solution to write Python code that translates to javascript see
>> this thread
>> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2011-November/1283110.html
>>
>
> Mm I don't think it's what the OP is asking (unless I misunderstood...).
> I think he wants to compile some syntax TO Python.
> But I don't really see why you would something like this (if not for fun).

Maybe because you think that Python syntax could be improved upon --
for instance, Python with pattern-matching would be freaking awesome
-- but at the same time you want to leverage Python's extensive
ecosystem of libraries.  So instead of creating your own brand-new
language with no third party libraries whatsoever, you create one that
just compiles down to regular Python.

> Then how are you going to maintain the code? Maintain the compiled
> code or the source?

As with all compiled software, you maintain the input, not the output.

> And proving that your translator is always correct

That's what unit tests are for.

Cheers,
Ian

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SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) Michal Hantl <michal.hantl@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 06:09 -0800
  Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) Paul  Moore <p.f.moore@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 08:30 -0800
    Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 12:12 -0500
    Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) Michal Hantl <michal.hantl@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 12:23 -0800
      Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) "bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com" <bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com> - 2012-02-03 04:03 -0800
  Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 22:53 +0000
  Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 18:19 -0700
    Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) Matej Cepl <mcepl@redhat.com> - 2012-02-03 11:42 +0100
      Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-02-06 19:52 -0800
  Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-02-03 13:51 +1100
  Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-02-03 09:08 -0500
  Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-02-03 11:20 -0500
  Re: SnakeScript? (CoffeeScript for Python) andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-02-03 17:24 +0000

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