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0 pointsktpsns6y ago0 comments

Interesting. Maybe they should add further representations of the code. This is not the only language where there are mutliple representations of the same "code".

Wolfram Mathematica (or "the Wolfram language") introduced "forms" for that, for instance https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FullForm.html or https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputForm.html or, quite charming in the math context, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TraditionalForm.h... or https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TeXForm.html -- See also https://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/EverythingIs...

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dunham6y ago· 1 in thread

Also Bucklescript and ReasonML respectively provide OCaml and javascript-like syntax over the same AST and can translate your code between the two (as seen in the try reasonML UI).

floatboth6y ago

That's not exactly how it works: Bucklescript is a JS backend for OCaml, and ReasonML is an alternative syntax for OCaml. Bucklescript is not involved in this translation, it generates the JS output on the top right pane of that UI.

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