sag@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoAnyone here use assembly?lemm.eeexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down11
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minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOnly the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoNot 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
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTalking about bootstrap here?
Only the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.
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
Talking about bootstrap here?