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yeison | 10 years ago

What does it mean to be 'self-hosting' here? Does it just mean that it's a compiler that can compile itself?

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nlh|10 years ago

I believe so. FTA:

"Looking at my code, even though I wrote it, it feels magical to me that it can handle itself as an input and translate it to assembly."

wibr|10 years ago

yes

"Day 40 Hooray! My compiler is now able to self-compile everything!"

quickpost|10 years ago

Thanks for asking the question I was embarrassed to ask - now I'm even more impressed with his accomplishment!