Fantom (http://fantom.org/) also compiles to javascript. However this platform is supported via direct AST transformation not runtime bytecode generation as for JVM or CLR.
List of languages that compile to JS
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#12I note that doesn't read 'good JS' or 'fast JS'. You can put me in a tutu but I won't be a prima ballerina.
Define good in this context. I'm inclined to say that if it doesn't have cross-browser bugs and it's fast, then it's good. The output being readable to human programmers probably shouldn't be a goal when JS is being used as a compiler target.
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#13Any tools that work in the opposite direction? ( e.g., JS -> C )
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#14How about a list of languages that compile to PHP? haXe is the only mature one I know about.
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#15Mascara (http://www.mascaraengine.com/) compiles a typed version of ECMAScript (based on Harmony and other proposals for ECMAScript extensions) into JavaScript. It is backwardly compatible with JavaScript, so you can gradually upgrade code to take advantage of it.
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#16I note that doesn't read 'good JS' or 'fast JS'. You can put me in a tutu but I won't be a prima ballerina.
Define good in this context. I'm inclined to say that if it doesn't have cross-browser bugs and it's fast, then it's good. The output being readable to human programmers probably shouldn't be a goal when JS is being used as a compiler target.
I'd define good as it takes full advantage of the javascript language and produces & can be used to create structures optimised for javascript, not the language it was written in.
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#17Feel free to contribute, it's a wiki!
I just contributed http://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/scheme2js/.
I thought about including the fact that Pugs had a JavaScript backend then decided not to because Pugs never was completed (and likely never will be).
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#18I note that doesn't read 'good JS' or 'fast JS'. You can put me in a tutu but I won't be a prima ballerina.
I'm not sure about all of them but CoffeeScript emits good, portable, fast JS.
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#19NS Basic/App Studio compiles Visual Basic style BASIC to JavaScript + HTML5. Also includes an IDE. Targets iOS and Android. (http://www.nsbasic.com/app)
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#20Am I the only one who just plain doesn't understand the value these tools provide? From my perspective, why not just _write_ javascript? Seems ridiculous. I mean, they're fun and all, but no one sets out to do a project of meaning or scale and chooses these tools, do they?