[fpc-pascal] First pas2js public release

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Sun Dec 17 09:29:28 CET 2017



On Sun, 17 Dec 2017, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote:

> Am 17.12.2017 08:01 schrieb "code dz" <mr.cefou at gmail.com>:
>
> good news & thanks for the effort
>
> is it similar to Emscripten ?
>
>
> Not really. Emscripten (and WebAsm) has the goal to convert native programs
> that rely on pointers. It is essentially an assembly language in
> JavaScript. Pas2JS is on the other hand a transpiler and does not - as
> Michael explained - support native features like pointers. Also if you look
> at the generated code you can still understand it without much effort.

Completely correct.

Michael.



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