• nychtelios@rlyeh.icu
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      1 year ago

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

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          1 year 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.