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		groos 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing a C Compiler, in Zig (2025) > How could the first Pascal compiler be compiled if it was written in Pascal, but a Pascal compiler didn't yet exist? Therein lies the magic of bootstrapping a language compiler written in the same language. Look it up.

userbinator 27 days ago [–]

You need a different compiler to compile the first one. You are the one who needs to "look it up".

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