alt Hacker NewsThey're great at Python and Javascript which have lots of tooling. My idea was to make X-to-safe-lang translators, X initially being Python and Javascript. Let the tools keep generating what they're good at. The simpler translators make it safe and fast.
If translated to C or Java, we can use decades worth of tools for static analysis and test generation. While in Python and Javascript, it's easier to analyze and live debug by humans.
Multiple wins if the translators can be built.
> My idea was to make X-to-safe-lang translators, X initially being Python and Javascript.
Both of those languages are already safe. Then you talk about translating to C, so you're actually doing a safe-to-unsafe translation. I'm not sure what properties you're checking with the static analysis at that point. I think what would be more important is that your translator maintains safety.