SagXD to Programmer [email protected] • edit-23 months agoAnyone here use assembly?lemm.eeimagemessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1imageAnyone here use assembly?lemm.eeSagXD to Programmer [email protected] • edit-23 months agomessage-square81fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-23 months agoOnly the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-23 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
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
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Indeed
And that’s how you get the Thompson hack