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by progman 3081 days ago
>After all, what use is a nuanced term if it can't reliably convey that additional information.

I would recommend the general term "A/B compiler" where A and B are arbitrary regular languages. That way it would be pretty clear what a Pascal/C compiler is, or a JVM/Webasm compiler, for instance. Or a x86/C compiler which would also make the word "decompiler" obsolete.