Comment by drivebycomment

I'm afraid this is the end of our meaningful discussion and we'll have to agree to disagree since you seem to have very different definition of what compiler is than I do.

Webpack doesn't "compile" anything in the sense of traditional compiler sense. From webpack documentation:

> Note that webpack will not alter any code other than import and export statements.

So, from my perspective, your example isn't relevant to the topic at all, as webpack is not and does not contain a compiler like LLVM or GCC or Java compiler / JVM or Haskell compiler/runtime or any such system, and has no relevance whatsoever to this discussion of "increased integration in compilers" w.r.t. compile servers and IDEs.