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> compilers Absolutely. Otherwise, all compilers would be written in Assmebly. Most compilers used today are written in C and the compiler for C (GCC) is writt
by erklik 7y ago
> compilers
Absolutely. Otherwise, all compilers would be written in Assmebly. Most compilers used today are written in C and the compiler for C (GCC) is written in C itself.
The C language was also written by Ken Thomson, because he was unhappy with the BCPL language, so the compiler for C was originally written in B. So on and So forth.
More Recently, the initial compiler for Rust was written in OCaml but is now written in Rust itself.
- umanwizard 7y agoSlight nit: GCC has been written in C++ (not C) for several years now.