The ontology of compilation seems to be the only thing people are engaging with regarding this blog post series here on HN, so I don't see why this series is on the front page every day when the discussion is so stale. If you want to talk about how compiling to C is or isn't compiling, save yourself the trouble, everything has been said already in the past week (including this thread):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28184187

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28199971

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28209950

Alternatively, congrats to the author, for managing to get his blog on the front page 4 out of the last 5 days in a row. Has that ever been done before on HN, I wonder? It's gotta be some sort of record.