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A compiler that translates to another language used to be called a translator.
by sys_64738 5y ago
A compiler that translates to another language used to be called a translator.
- zabzonk 5y agoAll compilers covert programs in one language (say C) into another, (say assembler or machine code), and they are called compilers. The whole transpiler thing is a bit bogus, but a C compiler has never IME been called a translator.