[Info-vax] Memory Safe Programming Languages

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 16:37:18 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> If language X is transpiled into language Y (instead of compiled to
> native object code), then it is very much possible for X compiler to
> prevent something that Y compiler allows. X can be memory safe even
> though Y is not.

The same applies very much to machine code, of course. That’s why we don’t 
need a separate term “transpile” to distinguish the process from what 
“compile” does.