Talk:Interpreter

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Graue: Why did you remove the Program forms category from this and the Compiler article? I see no reason why they should not belong to both Concepts and Program forms. Anybody else got an opinion? --Rune 11:12, 4 Sep 2005 (GMT)

I agree that Interpreter is a program form, after all people have made brainfuck interpreters in brainfuck. --Aardwolf 12:52, 4 Sep 2005 (GMT)

In the context of esoteric programming languages, a compiler or interpreter usually means one written for, not necessarily in, an esolang. People write Brainfuck compilers in Brainfuck and Brainfuck compilers in C, but do they write C compilers in Brainfuck?

But I suppose it's fair that it could have both categories. --Graue 16:26, 4 Sep 2005 (GMT)

There is a large number of interpreters and compilers written in esoteric languages out there. The most common is probably brainfuck interpreters written in just about anything. However, there are also compilers that convert between different esolangs, and the perhaps the most impressing one: AWIB [1] --Rune 17:32, 4 Sep 2005 (GMT)

You are telling me things I already know. Where are the C compilers, Ada compilers, JavaScript interpreters, etc. written in esoteric languages? Compilers and interpreters are primarily an implementation issue in this context. However, I see that interpreter is listed as a popular problem, so it should probably be a program form. --Graue 23:07, 4 Sep 2005 (GMT)