Yes, also a reason why I think the word is slowly disappearing. We used to call JS bundling tools transpilers, but I noticed more and more people call them just compilers. They do everything that compiler do, they only differ in output being a programming language.
I think what distinguishes the word is not necessarily what it does, but what the use case is. I usually say transpiler when I'm talking about source-to-source tools (like c2rust), where the product is more inteded to be consumed or modified by a human. I use compiler when I talk about source-to-artifact tools.
I think what distinguishes the word is not necessarily what it does, but what the use case is. I usually say transpiler when I'm talking about source-to-source tools (like c2rust), where the product is more inteded to be consumed or modified by a human. I use compiler when I talk about source-to-artifact tools.