SagXD@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agoAnyone here use assembly?lemm.eeimagemessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageAnyone here use assembly?lemm.eeSagXD@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoOnly the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·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
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoTalking about bootstrap here?
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAnd that’s how you get the Thompson hack
Only the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.
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
Talking about bootstrap here?
Indeed
And that’s how you get the Thompson hack