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Tell that to building haskell from source. It depends on itself.
by 0xdeadbeefbabe 12y ago
Tell that to building haskell from source. It depends on itself.
- rockdoe 12y agoI remember back in the day you used to be able to build gcc with various other compilers to bootstrap yourself. I think gcc now requires gcc features, so you're in the same boat. But anyway, the comparison isn't very good because haskell/gcc don't develop sudden security vulnerabilities that instantly turn existing binaries unusable for getting new ones.
- cbd1984 12y agoThe first C++ compiler was written in C++: http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#bootstrapping http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#bootstrapping However, the first C compiler was not written in C, but in NB, an intermediate step from B to C: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18125490/how-was-the-first-c-compiler-written http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18125490/how-was-the-firs...