C++, D: Dinosaurs?

[Danny Wilson]

Op Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:36:23 +0100 schreef Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a>:

> That looks pretty good (I've come across it once before), but what I had  
> in
> mind was a little more universal (and perhaps, more experimental or even
> naive ;) ). What I'm planing to experiment with is having a basic
> compiler/translator program which accepts language plugins that describe
> both how to parse the language and how to output it. Then the tool would  
> go
> something like "Input HLL -> Input AST -> Intermediate AST -> Output AST  
> ->
> Output HLL". Toss in a whole bunch of language plugins and, assuming it
> could actually be pulled off, what you'd have is something like HaXe  
> except:

Except it isn't a language anymore, but more like a complete compiler  
framework ;-)


> - ASP would be supported (important for me, a lot of clients are MS  
> houses).
>
> - The programmer (or tech lead, if applicable) could chose what they
> consider a sensible language (For instance, HaXe does look pretty good  
> from
> what I've seen, but I prefer C-style variable declarations over HaXe's
> ECMAScript3/4-style declarations (though I could certainly live with  
> them)).
>
> - HLLs and platforms, in general, would be much more divorced than they  
> are
> today. Much less chance of the choice in platform forcing/limiting your  
> hand
> in the choice of language. HaXe just simply gives you one extra choice,  
> and
> even then, only when you're targeting ECMAScript, Flash, PHP or some rare
> system that actually has Neko.
>

Well PHP is a pretty recent addition. Someone has been working on MSIL  
output to target .NET (and thus Silverlight aswell). Someone else has  
announced he's working on C++ output aswell.
The compiler is written in OCaml and very fast. Due to haXe's nature of  
targetting different platforms, it is already setup pretty pluggable.

But yea I'd like some additions to haXe myself, like a stronger template  
system (yay D!) for starters. :-)


> - It would have a name that isn't mixed case and isn't inconsistent  
> between
> spelling and pronunciation ;)
>

But at least its fairly unique. Unlike some single letter which also  
happens to be the first letter of my name .. hehe.



- Danny Wilson