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Re:Show HN: A complete Bash parser in JavaScript transpiled ... by tlrobinson on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:04AM (#17088633)
My position* is transpilers are a subset of compilers. So yes, Cfront was a compiler, and a transpiler.

* Which I admittedly didn't make clear in the parent comments, but did mention elsewhere in this thread.

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Re:Show HN: A complete Bash parser in JavaScript transpiled ... by Stratoscope on Thursday May 17, 2018 @01:15AM (#17088912)
Ah, it sounds like we are on the same page after all. I mistook what you said for something I've occasionally seen other people say, that a transpiler is not a compiler. My apology for the misunderstanding.
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