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Re:Show HN: My C compiler compiled itself by atq2119 on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @09:21AM (#42317645)
The full bootstrapping process starts with entering instructions in binary (or hex or octal) to build an assembler in the first place :)
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Re:Show HN: My C compiler compiled itself by swiftcoder on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @11:09AM (#42318851)
The full bootstrapping process starts with a soldiering iron and a reel of copper wire.
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Re:Show HN: My C compiler compiled itself by pabs3 on Thursday December 05, 2024 @07:11PM (#42334385)
That is correct the path chosen by the Bootstrappable Builds project indeed:

https://bootstrappable.org/ https://lwn.net/Articles/983340/

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