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Re:My first fifteen compilers by kqr on Saturday September 02, 2017 @12:22PM (#15156779)
I've always been under the impression that compile means "put together" rather than "compress".
Re:My first fifteen compilers by e12e on Saturday September 02, 2017 @04:19PM (#15157994)
Webster lists in part:

Compiler: one who compiles - first use 14th century

And for compile:

transitive verb

1 : to compose out of materials from other documents

2 : to collect and edit into a volume

3 : to build up gradually <compiled a record of four wins and two losses>

Origin: Middle English, from Anglo-French compiler, from Latin compilare to plunder.

Synonyms: anthologize, collect

Note, I've skipped the dictionary references to computer use, as the seem overly (wrongly) focused on "top down" compilation...

Re:My first fifteen compilers by tom_mellior on Saturday September 02, 2017 @12:58PM (#15157008)