Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.snarked.org!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: "Gerry Rzeppa" Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Fw: A Plain English Compiler Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 04:01:52 -0500 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 9 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <14-10-016@comp.compilers> References: <06-02-122@comp.compilers> <06-02-125@comp.compilers> <14-10-005@comp.compilers> <14-10-008@comp.compilers> <14-10-009@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: miucha.iecc.com 1414698597 82915 2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970 (30 Oct 2014 19:49:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:49:57 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: code Posted-Date: 30 Oct 2014 15:49:56 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:1401 Kartik says: How was the executable generated? Does each new version bootstrap using the previous one? Reply: Yes, each new version was (and is) created with the previous version. Page 9 of the instructions describes the process for re-compiling the whole shebang in itself.