IRIS - A Universal Code Translator

The IRIS project is a code translator that can convert code from one language to another. 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.

This project can potentially be the MIT Maker Portfolio project for me, also the Caltech STEM Portfolio.