HAML, SASS, LESS, Coffee-Script, TypeScript, Stylus, Jade, Stone, SCSS, Roy, Dart, etc. What is the common term to refer to these things?
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Replying to @johnallsopp
@johnallsopp@lachlanhardy Those descriptions weren’t meant negatively. I think they’re accurate.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @adactio
@adactio@johnallsopp@lachlanhardy Others: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, C… everything above the absence or presence of voltage is an abstraction.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @aral
@aral@johnallsopp@lachlanhardy Except that browsers process HTML, CSS and JavaScript. They don’t process HAML, Sass, or CoffeeScript.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @adactio
@adactio Indeed. ‘Preprocessor’ is a more accurate term for that reason. Precedent: C preprocessor, etc. +@johnallsopp@lachlanhardy1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @aral
@aral@adactio@johnallsopp I settled on 'web transpiler' based on a bunch of reading, starting from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@lachlanhardy @adactio @johnallsopp Do we really need to invent new words for everything on the web? :) I’ll continue using preprocessor :)
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