SagXD@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • edit-22 months agoAnyone here use assembly?imagemessage-square17 fedilinkarrow-up1380
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minus-squarewewbull@feddit.ukhexbear6·edit-22 months agoOnly the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly. linkfedilink
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mlhexbear4·edit-22 months 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 linkfedilink
Only the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.
Talking about bootstrap here?
Indeed
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