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Question:
Is there any such thing as a programming language (other than an esoteric language such as BrainF@#$, or the languages PHP or VB) that you can “compile” into non-obfuscated PHP source code?
Rationale:
Swip wants to generate ordinary PHP code because it is so ubiquitous for the types of projects swip wants to do. Unfortunately swip would like to actually avoid writing PHP — strange but true! Swip is crazy enough to want to generate PHP source code without having to type any PHP into Swip’s editor.
Wasabi compiles down to PHP, but you’ll have to beg Joel Spolsky for a copy.