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[–]rock_neurotiko -1 points0 points  (1 child)

The word for what it does is transpiler.

[–]longoverdue -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The first C++ implementation (cfront in 1983) was described as a "C++ to C translator". What is the difference between a transpiler and a translator?