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The first compilers were called "translators". The first linker/loader (kinda, A-0 was a... strange tool, by modern standards) was actually called "compiler", p
by Joker_vD 1y ago
The first compilers were called "translators". The first linker/loader (kinda, A-0 was a... strange tool, by modern standards) was actually called "compiler", precisely because of the generic meaning of the word "compile".