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In classic compiler theory, the term "transpiler" doesn't even exist, they're all compilers.
by Al-Khwarizmi 5y ago
In classic compiler theory, the term "transpiler" doesn't even exist, they're all compilers.
- 411111111111111 5y agoThey literally didn't exist back then though. so not just the term was unknown back then, the practice itself too...
- KMnO4 5y agoApparently Intel shipped a transpiler for 8080 to 8086 source code in 1978. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler#Intel_CONV86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler#Inte...
- cout 5y agoLikewise, the first C++ compiler (cfront) might today be considered a transpiler.