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So Chicken Scheme uses a transpiler and not a compiler? What about Nim? I don't think that's s sufficient definition when these fully capable languages call th

So Chicken Scheme uses a transpiler and not a compiler? What about Nim? I don't think that's s sufficient definition when these fully capable languages call their tools that output C code "compilers." Honestly, the article's definition with levels of abstraction seems reasonable. The languages I mentioned are high-level and C operates at a lower level of abstraction, therefore they use compilers.

dom96 9y ago
Indeed, Wikipedia also defines it this way. Compiling from Nim to C is moving from a high-level of abstraction to a lower level and so Nim is a compiler.
kazagistar 9y ago
Why do they have to be mutually exclusive? Transpires are the subset of compilers that target high level languages.