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Should be called transpiler instead?

• pjmlp 5y ago
  That is a fashion word from the JS community. A compiler is a compiler, regardless of the target language. Are you aware originally C compilers did not generate machine code directly, rather Assembly source and then called the Assembler on it. C++ and Objective-C initially generated C. Eiffel to this day generates either C and bytecode. Nim and Haxe are another examples, and so forth.
  • cerved 5y ago
    fashion word or not, it's meaning is clear
    • pjmlp 5y ago
      The only thing that is clear is that not enough people learn compilers properly.