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by UncleEntity 2438 days ago
> Imagine a sophisticated software that compresses program sources...

Isn't that the definition of a compiler?
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ithkuil 2438 days ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_evaluation#Futamura_... are an interesting point of view for the definition of a compiler
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