CC500: a tiny self-hosting C compiler

Re:CC500: a tiny self-hosting C compiler by jokoon on Saturday November 08, 2014 @04:10AM (#8576405)

what does he mean by "self-hosting" ? I mean it generates a binary.

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Re:CC500: a tiny self-hosting C compiler by mungoman2 on Saturday November 08, 2014 @04:15AM (#8576416)

It means it can compile itself.

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Re:CC500: a tiny self-hosting C compiler by jenscow on Saturday November 08, 2014 @08:56AM (#8576864)

And the significance being, this compiler can handle code complex enough to create a compiler.

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Re:CC500: a tiny self-hosting C compiler by vidarh on Saturday November 08, 2014 @10:53AM (#8577198)

And it also means (thought this used to be more significant) that porting it to a new platform "just" means re-targeting the code generator and recompiling.

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