[Jprogramming] j701abeta

[Stefan Scott Alexx]

With the ubiquity of modern standards-compliant JavaScript-enabled web
browsers, many languages can now be compiled to JavaScript (see list below),
to allow the programmer to develop in his or her preferred language "X" and
then automatically compile to JavaScript.

Does (or could) J take a similar approach, now that J701 is targeting the
browser as its default front end?

Java-to-JavaScript
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
http://www.xml11.org/

C#-to-JavaScript
http://jsc.sourceforge.net/  <-- many good on-line demos here
http://projects.nikhilk.net/ScriptSharp

Lisp-to-JavaScript
http://web.archive.org/web/20051202150017/http://www.cryptopunk.com/?p=8
http://lispscript.sourceforge.net/
http://github.com/manuel/cyberlisp

Scheme-to-JavaScript
http://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/scheme2js/
http://schani.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/jscreme/
http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/schani/blog/jscreme.html

Haskell-to-JavaScript
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Yhc/Javascript/Programmers_guide

OCaml-to-JavaScript
http://code.google.com/p/ocamljs/

Smalltalk-to-JavaScript
http://www.squeaksource.com/ST2JS/
http://clamato.net/

Python-to-JavaScript
http://pyjs.org/
http://code.google.com/p/pyjamas/

Perl-to-JavaScript
http://pugs.blogs.com/pugs/

F#-to-JavaScript
http://fswebtools.codeplex.com/Wikipage

CoffeeScript-to-JavaScript
http://www.rubyinside.com/coffeescript-a-new-language-with-a-pure-ruby-compiler-2921.html

see also:
http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/09/javascript-compilation-target


On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Eric Iverson <eric.b.iverson at gmail.com>wrote:

> The official J701 beta program starts now.
>
> See the beta page at the http://www.jsoftware.com
> (Systems > Download and then on the right Other Versions > Beta)
>
> This announcement to programming, but all discussion should take place in
> the beta forum.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
>