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> IMO only transpiling to machine language qualifies as compiling. It is not black and white, compiling to IL or bytecode qualifies as compiling. Perhaps compi
by sebazzz 9y ago
> IMO only transpiling to machine language qualifies as compiling.
It is not black and white, compiling to IL or bytecode qualifies as compiling. Perhaps compiling means compilation to a binary executable format?
- pjmlp 9y agoBytecode is machine language, specially on mainframes and computer architectures up to early 80's. It is all a matter how the CPU executes it, direct mapping of machine code into gates, or micro-coded translation layer.