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Re:Writing a C Compiler, Part 1 by xigency on Friday December 01, 2017 @10:58AM (#15824579)
See Ken Thompson's award speech where he talks about the original C compiler backdoor:

http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack

http://vxer.org/lib/pdf/Reflections%20on%20Trusting%20Trust....

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Re:Writing a C Compiler, Part 1 by dllthomas on Friday December 01, 2017 @12:10PM (#15825268)
See David Wheeler's work on "Diverse Double Compiling". What the parent describes seems to be similar.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.5534

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