SagXD@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-23 months agoAnyone here use assembly?lemm.eeimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10cross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
arrow-up136arrow-down1imageAnyone here use assembly?lemm.eeSagXD@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-23 months agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoOnly the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoNot the first C compiler obviously. According to this Stack Overflow post, BCPL* begat B, which begat C. Language self-hosting is pretty fascinating. *Perhaps BCPL was originally written in assembly; I’m not certain: https://github.com/SergeGris/BCPL-compiler
Only the most very basic compilers. C compilers are in C mainly.
Not the first C compiler obviously. According to this Stack Overflow post, BCPL* begat B, which begat C. Language self-hosting is pretty fascinating.
*Perhaps BCPL was originally written in assembly; I’m not certain: https://github.com/SergeGris/BCPL-compiler