There's a general understanding by some (myself included) to use transpiler to specify converting from one language's source to another (Ex: converting JavaScri

There's a general understanding by some (myself included) to use transpiler to specify converting from one language's source to another (Ex: converting JavaScript to Python). Is that just a compiler? Yes without a doubt. However, compiler usually means from something like C source to Assembly in a lot of common use (certainly not always the case though). This topic causes a lot of grief on here though. It might be a classic case where the technical/defined definition has diverged from the vernacular. In a sense both are right.