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429 points rui314 | 1 comments | 14 Dec 15 14:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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yeison ◴[14 Dec 15 15:48 UTC] No.10731640[source]▶

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

1. nlh ◴[14 Dec 15 15:55 UTC] No.10731704[source]▶

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."

How I wrote a self-hosting C compiler in 40 days