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What if we stored source code in a language-independent way... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-abstract-syntax-tree-kotlin-vs-swift-komrv7l1c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KOmrv7l1c.png og:image:alt: The Abstract Syntax Tree – Kotlin vs. Swift og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [QuickBird Studios](https://daily.dev/sources/quickbirdstudios) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c) # [The Abstract Syntax Tree – Kotlin vs. Swift](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "Go to post") The Abstract Syntax Tree - Kotlin vs. Swift - QuickBird Studios The Abstract syntax Tree – Kotlin. What if we stored source code in a language-independent way that every developer in your team could look at the files in their preferred programming language? The idea is already several years old and is actually employed by some tools like Jetbrains’ MPS. [#android](/tags/android "Check all #android posts")[#ios](/tags/ios "Check all #ios posts")[#swift](/tags/swift "Check all #swift posts")[#kotlin](/tags/kotlin "Check all #kotlin posts") Jun 20, 2023•8m read time•From [quickbirdstudios.com](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "quickbirdstudios.com") [](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "Go to post") Table of contents [🧑‍💻 How is source code stored](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "🧑‍💻 How is source code stored")[🌲 The Abstract Syntax Tree](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "🌲 The Abstract Syntax Tree")[🔠 How transpiling would work](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "🔠 How transpiling would work")[🪄 Endless possibilities](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "🪄 Endless possibilities")[How similar are Swift and Kotlin ASTs](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "How similar are Swift and Kotlin ASTs")[The differences](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "The differences")[The downsides and costs of all of that](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "The downsides and costs of all of that")[Conclusion](https://api.daily.dev/r/KOmrv7l1c "Conclusion") 8 Impressions Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/quickbirdstudios) [QuickBird Studios](https://daily.dev/sources/quickbirdstudios "https://daily.dev/sources/quickbirdstudios") 4 Followers • 32 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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