Formally speaking, "Transpiler" is a useless word(people.csail.mit.edu)
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Formally speaking, "Transpiler" is a useless word
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At least in .NET and in the LLVM world these two are indeed synonyms. If I transform an AST from one intermediary to another, it just doesn't matter so much if the output is immediately executable. The algorithms behind are exactly the same.
My transpiles are bad enough to sit on a rubber donut.