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[-] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Only the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not the first C compiler obviously. According to this Stack Overflow post, BCPL* begat B, which begat C. Language self-hosting is pretty fascinating.

*Perhaps BCPL was originally written in assembly; I’m not certain: https://github.com/SergeGris/BCPL-compiler

[-] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Talking about bootstrap here?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Indeed

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

And that's how you get the Thompson hack

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