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elmigranto on Aug 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: ShiftJS – Swift to JavaScript transpiler

That's the point, to use a "better" language. Especially if designs aren't similar.

If behavior of compiled program matches the original one, that is.

edgyswingset on Aug 15, 2016 [–]

> If behavior of compiled program matches the original one, that is.

Unfortunately, that does make it difficult when your target is JavaScript. Every mature transpiler I've used has had some semantic gotchas that aren't present in the "proper" compiler.

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