[quotemstr]

> it’s strongly associated with "turning source code into a single binary."

Using things because they sound nice without thinking about whether they make sense is pretty much the whole JavaScript community. :)

[Carrok]

This whole thread was uncalled for honestly. It takes source, it makes an exe, that meets the definition for compiler to me. Your pedantry is not useful.

[sleepdeep]

How would you define the difference between a compiler and a linker?