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What does it mean to be 'self-hosting' here? Does it just mean that it's a compiler that can compile itself?
by yeison 11y ago
What does it mean to be 'self-hosting' here? Does it just mean that it's a compiler that can compile itself?
- nlh 11y agoI believe so. FTA: "Looking at my code, even though I wrote it, it feels magical to me that it can handle itself as an input and translate it to assembly."
- wibr 11y agoyes "Day 40 Hooray! My compiler is now able to self-compile everything!"
- quickpost 11y agoThanks for asking the question I was embarrassed to ask - now I'm even more impressed with his accomplishment!
- quickpost 11y agoThanks for asking the question I was embarrassed to ask - now I'm even more impressed with his accomplishment!