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@rauschma @Rich_Harris I think I've heard it said before by google closure people

@amasad @Rich_Harris Just found an early mention, a blog post by @sethladd: http://blog.sethladd.com/2013/01/minification-is-not-enough-you-need.html …

@addyosmani @rauschma @Rich_Harris @sethladd FWIW I think it's just dead code elimination. I don't see how it's different.

@amasad @addyosmani @rauschma @rich_harris @sethladd the term tree shaking is silly. it's the same as using transpiler instead of compiler

@sebmck @amasad @addyosmani @Rich_Harris @sethladd Well, at least transpiler has a clear definition (source-to-source compiler).

@rauschma @amasad @addyosmani @rich_harris @sethladd it strikes me as a pointless term when you can just use DCE which is more descriptive

@sebmck @amasad @addyosmani @Rich_Harris @sethladd I mostly agree, but it’s more specific. How about “unused exports elimination”?