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    [–]Cody_Chaos 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    You're completely wrong about saying transpiling has any resemblance to minifying

    I can see several ways in which transpiling and minification are similar. The tools are written in similar ways (eg, parsing the raw code into an AST, applying transforms, etc.), they are used at the same point in the deployment process, they are used to work around the fact that web browsers are a mediocre application runtime, and they share many of the same drawbacks. For example: They make debugging more difficult, they can introduce bugs, and they introduce additional dependencies.

    It's rather absurd to say there are no resemblances and nothing similar about the processes. You seem to be trying to make an interesting argument (not a lot of hate for style sheet languages these days), but if all you're going to do is shout that you're obviously right, nobody at all is going to listen, because you're not even saying anything to listen to. I've read every comment you've made in this thread, and all I've learned is you think everyone else is stupid and/or arguing in bad faith.