> > compile step the way typescript [does] > Typescript transpiles to JS. I don't 'believe' there is a compilation step. This is a common misconception. Trans

> > compile step the way typescript [does] > Typescript transpiles to JS. I don't 'believe' there is a compilation step. This is a common misconception. Transpiling is not something distinct from compiling. "Transpiler" is just a trendy name for a certain subset of compilers. Just because it compiles to another "high level" language doesn't mean it's not a compiler. Every "transpiler" is a compiler. Sources: On BIX in the 1980s, when the only implementation of C++ was Cfront, which translated to C, I asked Bjarne Stroustrup if it was a preprocessor. He told me quite emphatically, "No, Cfront is a compiler." (I don't think the term "transpiler" was in common use at that time.) The Wikipedia article on Cfront agrees: > Cfront was the original compiler for C++ (then known as "C with Classes") from around 1983, which converted C++ to C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfront https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfront More recently, and relevant to this discussion, the TypeScript team specifically calls tsc a compiler: > Let’s get acquainted with our new friend tsc, the TypeScript compiler. https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/basic-types.html#tsc-the-typescript-compiler https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/basic-types.h... In fact, if you search that page for "pil", you will find nine references to "compile" and none for "transpile".