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Re:A minimal C compiler in x86 assembly by userbinator on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @09:20AM (#31247925)
You would need to compile the newer versions with the older versions. The first C++ compiler was probably written in C.
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Re:A minimal C compiler in x86 assembly by User23 on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @10:35AM (#31248841)
Interestingly enough, Cfront[1] was written in C++.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfront

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Re:A minimal C compiler in x86 assembly by cardiffspaceman on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @12:51PM (#31250537)
A trope of old-school compiler development is, "We made our language self-hosting, and then we compiled it by hand."
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