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> 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.



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




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