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by Banana699 1441 days ago
There is also the much larger confusion arising of whether it's an ML compiler in the sense of being a specialized compiler for ML code (compiles a description of a network to efficient ML-specific low-level IR to enable further optimization and code generation), or whether it's an ML compiler, a compiler (or part of it) that uses ML.

The first meaning is extremly common, the top 2 results for "ML Compiler" on google returns[1][2], both using it in the first sense. It's not that ML or ML-like techniques in compiler writing is new but the first sense is definitely at least as popular an interpretation.

[1] https://huyenchip.com/2021/09/07/a-friendly-introduction-to-...

[2] https://petewarden.com/2021/12/24/why-are-ml-compilers-so-ha...