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r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

imagine how huge of a nerd you have to be to directly input binary machine code on a bunch of toggle switches

i am eternaly grateful for these brave pioneers and all the swirlies they would have had to endure

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r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

the most fascinating thing about compilers is compiling a compiler

https://wiki.osdev.org/Building_GCC#Introduction

I guess the initial versions of GCC were compiled with some ancient unix C compiler and from there you could use your current version of gcc to build a slightly better gcc as time went by.

I wonder if gcc compiling gcc always gives the exact same result regardless of what compiler made the parent

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

All the way back in fourth grade elementary school I remember one of the nerdiest kids brought a toilet roll with him to school where he had encoded his first and last name in binary

I think it was a little like that, OP

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