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Recursive Transcompiling is the process of applying the notion of [[Source-to-source compiler|Transcompiling]] recursively, to create a pipeline of transformations which repeatedly turn one technology into another.
By repeating this process, one can turn A -> B -> C -> D -> E -> F and then back into A(v2). Some information will be preserved through this pipeline, from A -> A(v2), and that information (at an abstract level) demonstrates what each of the components A-F agree on.<ref>Digital Research (1981): ''XLT86 - 8080 to 8086 Assembly Language Translator - User's Guide''. Digital Research Inc, Pacific Grove ([http://www.s100computers.com/Software%20Folder/Assembler%20Collection/Digital%20Research%20XLT86%20Manual.pdf]).</ref>
In each of the different versions that the [[Source-to-source compiler|Transcompiler]] pipeline produces, that information is preserved<ref>{{cite web | url=http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TransparentCompilation.html | title=Transparent Compilation | date=February 12, 2013 | accessdate=February 13, 2013 | author=Fowler, Martin}}</ref>. It might take on many different shapes and sizes, but by the time it comes back to A (v2), having been transcompiled 6 times in the pipeline above, the information returns to it's original state.
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