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[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 8 points 3 months ago

Talking about bootstrap here?

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

Indeed

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

And that's how you get the Thompson hack

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