In English "to compile" is defined as "produce (something, especially a list, report, or book) by assembling information collected from other sources." which se

In English "to compile" is defined as "produce (something, especially a list, report, or book) by assembling information collected from other sources." which seems like a good description of what A0 to A2 did. It is a pity that when people started to build translators they didn't use that name but instead kept the now obsolete term "compiler".