<s>
A	O
language-independent	B-Language
specification	I-Language
(	O
LIS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
specification	O
providing	O
a	O
common	O
interface	B-Application
usable	O
for	O
defining	O
semantics	B-Application
applicable	O
toward	O
arbitrary	O
language	B-Application
bindings	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LIS	O
's	O
are	O
language-agnostic	O
;	O
they	O
mitigate	O
the	O
risk	O
that	O
a	O
certain	O
language	B-Application
binding	I-Application
might	O
reduce	O
compatibility	O
with	O
other	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
ideal	O
LIS	O
allows	O
the	O
language	B-Application
bindings	I-Application
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
features	O
of	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
uncompromisingly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
LIS	O
include	O
Interface	B-General_Concept
description	I-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
,	O
Simplified	B-Application
Wrapper	I-Application
and	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
Generator	I-Application
and	O
Common	O
Language	O
Infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recursive	O
transcompiling	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
distribute	O
a	O
language	B-Language
independent	I-Language
specification	I-Language
across	O
many	O
different	O
technologies	O
,	O
with	O
each	O
technology	O
potentially	O
keeping	O
an	O
authoritative	O
description	O
of	O
a	O
different	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recursive	O
transcompiling	B-Language
provides	O
the	O
general	O
methodology	O
for	O
distributing	O
this	O
authoritative	O
information	O
through	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
derivative	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
pipeline	O
.	O
</s>
