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Go is written in Go, which is why you need it installed in the first place before you can run the go compiler.
by skykooler 8y ago
Go is written in Go, which is why you need it installed in the first place before you can run the go compiler.
- icedchai 8y agoExcept for versions before 1.5, which were written in C.
- lloeki 8y agoSpoiler: I hear the first C compilers were probably not written in C, until they were.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- voltagex_ 8y agoBootstrapping problems are interesting/frustrating, especially if you're trying to get a new package into Debian. If you wanted to build Go from source, what would you build first? What version(s)? Edit: the documentation is outstanding - https://golang.org/doc/install/source#go14 https://golang.org/doc/install/source#go14