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jokoon
on Nov 8, 2014
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CC500: a tiny self-hosting C compiler
what does he mean by "self-hosting" ? I mean it generates a binary.
mungoman2
on Nov 8, 2014
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It means it can compile itself.
jenscow
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And the significance being, this compiler can handle code complex enough to create a compiler.
vidarh
on Nov 8, 2014
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And it also means (thought this used to be more significant) that porting it to a new platform "just" means re-targeting the code generator and recompiling.
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