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It is possible to write a Go compiler in Go. But the current compiler works, has a lot of testing and production use and isn't broken in any serious way. For
by jlarocco 14y ago
It is possible to write a Go compiler in Go.
But the current compiler works, has a lot of testing and production use and isn't broken in any serious way. For a compiler, I'm not sure Go offers enough benefits over C/C++ to make it worth throwing away the existing code base and rewriting.