Comment by groos
5 hours ago
> How could the first Pascal compiler be compiled if it was written in Pascal, but a Pascal compiler didn't yet exist?
Therein lies the magic of bootstrapping a language compiler written in the same language. Look it up.
5 hours ago
> How could the first Pascal compiler be compiled if it was written in Pascal, but a Pascal compiler didn't yet exist?
Therein lies the magic of bootstrapping a language compiler written in the same language. Look it up.
You need a different compiler to compile the first one. You are the one who needs to "look it up".