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Other TypeScript to C/C++ projects which did a lot more:

* https://github.com/ovr/StaticScript * https://github.com/ts-llvm/ts-llvm * https://github.com/nervosnetwork/minits * https://github.com/andrei-markeev/ts2c * https://github.com/yakir22/ts2cpp * https://github.com/duncanhorn/ts2cpp * https://github.com/sebbekarlsson/typescript * https://github.com/andrejusk/typescript-compiler * https://github.com/sebbekarlsson/tscc

and etc

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Author of the second to last compiler -- although simple in scope, it was one of the more exciting pieces of our undergrad coursework projects to work through (translating a language into another language).

Implementing lexical analysis and parsing manually as opposed to using lex/yacc felt much more valuable to understanding the module, which was very useful for the exam. Definitely recommend the challenge!

Notable that the first three are TypeScript to LLVM, they are aimed for AOT compilation of TypeScript instead of source translation to C/C++. Together with a good FFI this could work better than source translation.

The compilers with C++ target on that list don't "do a lot more". The others are not directly comparable.

yakir22/ts2cpp compile to C++, has GC, FFI and etc. Canvas example: https://github.com/yakir22/ts2cpp/blob/master/TestScripts/Gr...

I stand corrected. The readme gave the impression of a much less mature project.

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