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SimHacker
on Sept 15, 2011
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JavaScript is Not Web Assembly
It would only be a linter if it weren't a compiler. If it compiles language X to language X, it's a compiler. Because it compiles. Rule of thumb: if it compiles, it's a compiler, not a linter. Simple. Like ducks.
marshray
on Sept 15, 2011
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What if it compiles language X to language Y, where Y is the union of all the valid programs in X with a set of possible descriptive error strings?
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