Topic: Compilers

The Difference Between a Compiler and a Compressor

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With the release of Google's Closure Tools comes the perennial misunderstanding of what a compiler is. When we have a compiler that takes in C or C++ code (pick your poison) and produces machine code for a particular chip, it's clear that the output is not the same as the input. But when you have a JavaScript to JavaScript compiler that' supposed to make the resulting code more "efficient," it may be tempting to think of it as something just like a compressor, like Packer.
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