Compilers actually output the binary that you ask them to, though. If all a compiler did was spit out a slurry of buggy assembly that misunderstands its contex

Compilers actually output the binary that you ask them to, though. If all a compiler did was spit out a slurry of buggy assembly that misunderstands its context and has to be carefully scrutinized for errors, I would still be writing assembly the old fashioned way.