[erwan577]

Isn't it the first sense of the verb to compile and a return to the original way of doing things ?

(transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources. Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.

[sillycross]

Well in some sense yes. Template compiler is a very old idea, and this is a template-compiler-styled compiler.

The interesting part is the various improvements to this old idea that allows us to both compile fast and generate good code.