IRIS - A Universal Code Translator

The IRIS project is a code translator that can convert code from one language to another (currently it's only among JavaScript and Python in purely semantic conversion). It is designed to be a universal code translator that can convert code from any language to any other language. The project is still in its early stages and only supports a few languages at the moment. The goal is to eventually support all major programming languages.

Its structure involves numerous parts:

graph TD
    A[Original Code]
    B[Language-specific AST]
    C[IRIS United IR]
    C1[High-Level IR]
    C2[Low-Level IR]
    A -->|lexer & parser| B
    B -->|handler| C
    C --- C1
    C --- C2
    C1 --> P
    C2 --> P
    subgraph P [Translation]
        P1[Syntax Translation]
        P2[Standard Library Translation]
        P3[Common Library Translation]
    end
    D[Target Language AST]
    E[Translated Code]
    P -->|handler| D
    D -->|codegen| E

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Currently, we are working on the following languages:

• Translation between Python and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Translation between Rust and C/C++

We know that every language is irreplaceable since there's no one-size-fits-all solution. However, we believe that IRIS can help developers to translate code between languages more efficiently. Anyway, just for fun.