There are metacircular interpreters, like in Scheme (see SICP [1]). But this is rare, compared to bootstrapping compilers. [1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/d

There are metacircular interpreters, like in Scheme (see SICP [1]). But this is rare, compared to bootstrapping compilers. [1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/sicp/book/node76.html https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/...