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by PaulDavisThe1st 735 days ago
Your use of the term "compiler" to mean "something which transforms an input into a (different kind of) output" seems a little broad here.

We do not typically call TeX a "compiler". We don't consider XSLT engines to be "compilers". dot(1) is not normally considered to be a "compiler". And so on.