👉 In the context of computer science, "imaginator" refers to a type of compiler that is used in software development. It is a tool for generating code from source code, which allows developers to create new programs by modifying existing sources and then generating the new program as an executable file. The term was coined by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne in their book "Computer Programming" (1980). They developed this concept during the early stages of computer science education. The idea is that
