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[-] pewpew@feddit.it 15 points 2 years ago

The programmer who made the OS

[-] nychtelios@rlyeh.icu 20 points 2 years ago

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

[-] cdnalsi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Compilers are built using compilers?

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years 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.

[-] Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Alright, that's kinda crazy lol.

[-] nychtelios@rlyeh.icu 2 points 2 years ago

gcc and clang are open source, you can read their source code whenever you want!

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