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Re:Go 1.5 is released by mrdrozdov on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @01:23PM (#10087015)
Perhaps this is a dumb question, but what language was used to compile the compiler? Was it compiled in C? Surely it must have had to of been compiled in a different language somewhere down the chain.
Re:Go 1.5 is released by crawshaw on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @01:24PM (#10087028)
It is built with Go 1.4. Details: https://golang.org/s/go15bootstrap
Re:Go 1.5 is released by rgbrenner on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @02:12PM (#10087358)
yes.. golang's compiler was originally in C. The process is called bootstrapping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(compilers)
Re:Go 1.5 is released by whacker on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @01:25PM (#10087032)
The 1.5 build requires you to have a go1.4.2 build which is used as the bootstrapping compiler.
Re:Go 1.5 is released by turtles99999 on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @02:19PM (#10087402)
well, it's actually turtles all the way down.