[dba-Tech] A new compiled JavaScript?

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Tue Mar 19 17:26:17 CDT 2013


Unfortunately, the word "compile" pre-dates computers.

- Hans


On 2013-03-19, at 2:52 PM, "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:

> Please, can we stop this abuse of the word "compiler" which has crept in recently.  
> 
> To me a compiler is still something that converts a high level language to a low level set of 
> instructions -  usually machine code.
> 
> Javascript is an interpreted language..
> 
> Dart uses a "cross-language translator", not a compiler  to generate javascript.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Stuart
> 
> On 19 Mar 2013 at 11:15, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> 
>> Hi All:
>> 
>> Has anyone seen or worked with the Dart product? It looks interesting in
>> that it allows a developer to design in a structured language and then it
>> compiles to standard HTML5 JavaScript code.
>> 
>> http://www.dartlang.org/
>> 
>> Jim 
>> 
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