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Re:A Git Implementation in Awk by emptyparadise on Thursday October 07, 2021 @08:13PM (#28793897)
I wonder if it's good enough to bootstrap better and better compilers until you can build full on GCC?
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Re:A Git Implementation in Awk by eesmith on Friday October 08, 2021 @01:03AM (#28795919)
Here's a couple of projects along those lines. https://bootstrappable.org/projects/mes.html

> Mes aims to create an entirely source-based bootstrapping path.

https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/stage0/

> A class of minimal bootstrap binaries that has a reproducible build on all platforms. Providing a verifiable base for defeating the trusting trust attack.

(and comments at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20264848 ).

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