sag@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agoAnyone here use assembly?lemm.eeexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up11.12Kcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.12Kexternal-linkAnyone here use assembly?lemm.eesag@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agomessage-square81fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-29 months agoOnly the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-29 months agoNot the first C compiler obviously. According to this Stack Overflow post, BCPL* begat B, which begat C. Language self-hosting is pretty fascinating. *Perhaps BCPL was originally written in assembly; I’m not certain: https://github.com/SergeGris/BCPL-compiler
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoTalking about bootstrap here?
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoAnd that’s how you get the Thompson hack
Only the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.
Not the first C compiler obviously. According to this Stack Overflow post, BCPL* begat B, which begat C. Language self-hosting is pretty fascinating.
*Perhaps BCPL was originally written in assembly; I’m not certain: https://github.com/SergeGris/BCPL-compiler
Talking about bootstrap here?
Indeed
And that’s how you get the Thompson hack