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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

The programmer who made the OS

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Actually compilers are more complex than operative systems, and incredibly they are built using compilers.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Compilers are built using compilers?

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Yup, C is written in C. You bootstrap using a compiler written in another language until your language is complete enough to write its own compiler.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Alright, that's kinda crazy lol.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

gcc and clang are open source, you can read their source code whenever you want!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I belive you. I made a basic OS in around a month and now i'm starting a C compiler, I think I underestimated it a bit

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