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[-] pewpew@feddit.it 0 points 1 year ago

The programmer who made the OS

[-] nychtelios@rlyeh.icu 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] cdnalsi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Compilers are built using compilers?

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 3 points 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.

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