It’s precisely this notion of ‘lowering’, as you call it, that preoccupies me. If unchecked, the idea that all forms of ‘lowering’ through abstraction layers is a form of ‘compilation’ (of sorts) will become the norm, and we’ll no longer have a unique term for what compilation proper actually means. And you’re entirely right in noting that nowadays ‘compiling’ has come to encompass and conflate the conceptually very distinct steps of compilation, linking, and assembly... a process I’m more comfortable with collectively referring to as ‘building’.
It’s entirely possible that I might’ve (accidentally) redefined one or more meanings, and if I have, I apologise. It’s almost four in the morning and insomnia prevents me from sleeping but doesn’t necessarily maintain me at full alertness (tomorrow/today will be hell).
It’s entirely possible that I might’ve (accidentally) redefined one or more meanings, and if I have, I apologise. It’s almost four in the morning and insomnia prevents me from sleeping but doesn’t necessarily maintain me at full alertness (tomorrow/today will be hell).