Introduce SemiScript.

.gitignore

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+*.o
+.*.sw?
+semiscriptc
+distbuild

Makefile

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+semiscriptc: compiler.o
+	gcc compiler.c -o semiscriptc
+
+distbuild: semiscriptc
+	mkdir -p distbuild/JS && ./semiscriptc -js semicolon.semi > distbuild/JS/semicolon.js
+	mkdir -p distbuild/CoffeeScript && ./semiscriptc -cs semicolon.semi > distbuild/CoffeeScript/semicolon.coffee
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf semiscriptc *.o distbuild

README.md

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 Semicolon.js is a much more secure, stable and reliable alternative to 
 <a href="http://vaporjs.com/">Vapor.js</a>.
 
+
+## Build:
+
+After much discussion, it became clear that to support this library far into the
+future, we would need to abstract the requirements into its own language, which
+can be compiled down to different languages.
+
+Currently the compiler generates valid code for JavaScript and CoffeeScript, but
+could easily be extended to support additional languages.
+
+The compiler can be build with:
+
+```
+make
+```
+
+It produces the `semiscriptc` tool, which can then be used to compile SemiScript
+source. These source files typically have the `.semi` extension.
+
+JavaScript:
+
+```
+./semiscriptc -js semicolon.semi
+;
+```
+
+CoffeeScript:
+
+```
+./semiscriptc -cs semicolon.semi
+
+```
+
+Beatiful.
+
+Finally, a convenience task is available to produce products for both JavaScript
+_and_ CoffeeScript:
+
+```
+make distbuild
+```
+
+
 ## Usage: 
 ```html
 <script src="semicolon.js"></script>
@@ -20,6 +63,7 @@ Thanks to @alloy for pointing out the inherent code security and
 interoperability problems with Vapor.js; and suggesting to
 leverage the semicolon solution to address the underlying issues.
 
+
 ### License
 
 (c) Copyright 2012 Thomas Fuchs
@@ -35,4 +79,4 @@ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

compiler.c

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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  if (argc != 3) {
+    printf("Usage: %s [-js|-cs] FILE\n", argv[0]);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  unsigned char javascript = 0;
+  if (strcmp(argv[1], "-js") == 0) {
+    javascript = 1;
+  }
+
+  char *source_file = argv[2];
+
+  FILE *file = fopen(source_file, "r");
+  if (file != NULL) {
+    unsigned char comment = 0;
+    while (1) {
+      char c = fgetc(file);
+      if (c == EOF) {
+        break;
+      }
+      switch (c) {
+        // This is where the language translation magic happens.
+        case ';':
+          if (!comment) {
+            if (javascript) {
+              // JavaScript translation.
+              putc(';', stdout);
+            } else {
+              // CoffeeScript translation.
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+
+        // Pass-through new-lines, unless in a comment.
+        case '\n':
+          if (!comment) {
+            putc('\n', stdout);
+          }
+          comment = 0;
+          break;
+
+        // Comment, ignore the rest of the line.
+        case '#':
+          comment = 1;
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+    fclose(file);
+  } else {
+    printf("Unable to read semiscript source file `%s'.\n", source_file);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}

semicolon.semi

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+# This source file is available under the GPL license.
+;