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> It used to be the case that a compiler compiled itself to bare metal machine instructions, but now with so many cpu instruction set targets that's no longer t
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> It used to be the case that a compiler compiled itself to bare metal machine instructions, but now with so many cpu instruction set targets that's no longer the case.
Tons of compilers emit machine code.
- okareaman 5y agoSure, I didn't say they didn't. Are you refuting what I said and implying that a compiler is not self-hosted if it doesn't compile to machine code?
- chrisseaton 5y ago> I didn't say they didn't You said 'that's no longer the case'. Isn't that the same as saying they don't?
- okareaman 5y agoIn the context of the question, it is no longer the case that a compiler has to compile to machine code to be considered self-hosting. I thought this was clear, but I guess it wasn't