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		jsnnsjxj on Aug 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Lan... I do not agree in the general case. There are very useful DSL compilers which do not consider performance at all, but just compile to a target which does the optimization for them (JVM, LLVM IR or even just C)

auselen on Aug 15, 2024 [–]

Yes but those are called transpilers, right?

odjdnejej on Aug 16, 2024 | [–]

There is no fundamental difference between a compiler, transpiler and interpreter.

The techniques employed are very similar

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