It's not a bad idea, except for the "idiomatic" part. I guess it depends
upon how idiomatic you want it to be.
Once upon a time, we compiled code to C (C++, Modula-3, and Cedar Mesa all
had a compiler of that sort at one time or another).
Some people tried it for Java.
The advantage of targeting Go is that you get a low-latency GC and
lightweight threads (Goroutines) "for free", as well as a decent bit of
support for reflection, and the compiler will do a certain amount of escape
analysis for you.
You might, for example, use goroutines to parallelize whole-array
operations, if your source language had those (e.g.,m Fortran).
The disadvantage of targeting Go is that it's not that friendly to certain
type systems, and you don't want to get into too much of a fight with the
type system.
So Java would probably be a poor choice for a source language. Smalltalk
also might not work so well.
On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 6:48:59 PM UTC-4, Andrew Chambers wrote:
>
> Don't get me wrong, I love go, but also wonder if there are any languages
> that compile to idiomatic go.
> I noticed reasonml compiles to javascript, and wondered to myself if there
> is any value in such languages using go as a base for
> interop to take advantage of the libraries and runtime.
>
> Any existing projects? Any thoughts about why its a good or bad idea, or
> why it doesn't seem to exist already?
>
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