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> but it makes sense it's really a subset of general compiler functionality, sans binary output.

Tell us more about this compiler subset that does not produce binary output. What do they produce? Ternary? Qubits? Nothing?




They produce text, such as Golang source code.


Thanks for your response, but the Go spec asserts that Go source is represented as UTF-8. UTF-8 is a binary encoding.

We're talking about compilers that produce something other than binary output.


Ah, my mistake, I thought you were making an earnest inquiry and not a joke. Carry on.




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