Re:Go 1.5 is released
by mrdrozdov on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @01:23PM
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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.
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It is built with Go 1.4. Details: https://golang.org/s/go15bootstrap
yes.. golang's compiler was originally in C. The process is called bootstrapping:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(compilers)
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.