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  • LeFantome@programming.dev
    151·
    2 months ago

    Rust does not compile down to C. It generates LLVM bytecode the same as Clang does. They both produce native executables. You do not need a C compiler on your system to run Rust binaries.

    Typescript produces JavaScript. You need a JavaScript interpreter to execute the output from TypeScript.

    Not the same thing.

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      2 months ago

      In before the pedants: clang is a c compiler, in that it compiles c code—but it also compiles other languages too. The distinction is that c, c++, rust, etc are compiled directly into byte code , whereas typescript is transpiled into another language (JavaScript) before it is executed. I’ll probably catch heat for this, but you can liken TypeScript to C++ because they both are supersets of another language.

        • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          I’ll admit I’m no c/c++ aficionado, but after a little research I see what you mean. Originally, C++ was a superset of C, but C has since diverged to include things that are not in C++. So we are both correct.