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Added haxe-targets graphviz diagram to intro compiler-targets doc. #348

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions pages/documentation/introduction/README.md
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To generate the haxe-targets.png image, install graphviz, then:

dot -Tpng haxe-targets.gv -o haxe-targets.png
8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions pages/documentation/introduction/compiler-targets.md
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Compiler Targets
=======

![Haxe Targets at a glance](haxe-targets.png)

Key:

* blue border: Haxe compiler target
* green background: bytecode
* red background: execution environment

The following table gives an overview of available Haxe targets:

Name | Kind | Static typing | Sys | Since
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digraph G {
graph [fontname = "clearsans"; rankdir="LR"];
node [shape=box; style=filled; fillcolor="#E8E8E7";
color=gray; fontsize=11; fontname = "clearsans"];
edge [arrowsize=0.5; fontsize=11; fontname = "clearsans"];

// ByteCode
Neko [fillcolor="#B5E1AC"];
HashLink [fillcolor="#B5E1AC"];
SWF [fillcolor="#B5E1AC"];
JVM [fillcolor="#B5E1AC"];
CIL [fillcolor="#B5E1AC"];

// Haxe Generates these
ActionScript [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
C [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
"C++" [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
"C#" [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
Cppia [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
JavaScript [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
HashLink [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
Java [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
Lua [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
Neko [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
PHP [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
Python [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];
SWF [color="#53A5EC"; penwidth=2];

// Execution Environments
VM [fillcolor="#E1ACAE"];
Executable [fillcolor="#E1ACAE"];
Browser [fillcolor="#E1ACAE"];
Interpreter [fillcolor="#E1ACAE"];

{rank=same; Haxe;}
{rank=same; ActionScript; C; "C++"; Cppia; "C#"; JavaScript;
Java; Lua; PHP; Python;}
{rank=same; Neko; HashLink; SWF; JVM; CIL;}
{rank=same; Browser; Executable; Interpreter; VM;}

Haxe -> ActionScript;
Haxe -> C [label="HL/C"];
Haxe -> "C++";
Haxe -> Cppia;
Haxe -> "C#";
Haxe -> JavaScript;
Haxe -> HashLink [label="HL/JIT"];
Haxe -> Java;
Haxe -> Lua;
Haxe -> Neko;
Haxe -> PHP;
Haxe -> Python;
Haxe -> SWF;
Haxe -> Interpreter [label="--interp"];

C -> Executable [label="cc"];
PHP -> Interpreter;
JavaScript -> Interpreter;
JavaScript -> Browser;
Java -> JVM [label="javac"]
JVM -> VM;
Neko -> VM;
ActionScript -> VM;
SWF -> VM;

Lua -> Interpreter;
"C++" -> Executable [label="cpp"];
Cppia -> Executable [label="cpp"];
Cppia -> Interpreter;
"C#" -> CIL [label="csc"];
CIL -> VM;
Python -> Interpreter;
HashLink -> VM;
}
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