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Re: Self compiling compiler

From Kaz Kylheku <545-066-4921@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups comp.compilers
Subject Re: Self compiling compiler
Date 2016-03-31 15:01 +0000
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On 2016-03-31, ERSHC <ershc123@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> I'd like to teach an undergraduate class based on the Thompson hack
> (see Ken Thompson's Turing Award lecture). I don't want to write a
> "whole" compiler, so need a compiler that can compile itself,
> preferably one that runs under Linux and is reasonably small. Can
> anyone point me to something more appropriate than gcc (which is far
> from small)?

If you do the hack in a Big Important Compiler like gcc, the lesson will
have greater psychological impact, and you will have bigger hacker creds
in front of the students.

[Perhaps we should figure out how to walk before we run marathons. -John]

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Self compiling compiler ERSHC <ershc123@nyc.rr.com> - 2016-03-31 03:54 +0000
  Re: Self compiling compiler Kaz Kylheku <545-066-4921@kylheku.com> - 2016-03-31 15:01 +0000
  Re: Self compiling compiler Thomas Goorden <thomas.goorden@gmail.com> - 2016-03-31 17:50 +0200
  Re: Self compiling compiler "Nils M Holm" <nmh@t3x.org> - 2016-03-31 19:41 +0200
    Re: Self compiling compiler Kaz Kylheku <545-066-4921@kylheku.com> - 2016-04-03 10:34 -0400
      Re: Self compiling compiler Nils M Holm <nmh@t3x.org> - 2016-04-04 12:54 +0000
  Re: Self compiling compiler Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> - 2016-03-31 14:16 -0400
  Re: Self compiling compiler alexfrunews@gmail.com - 2016-03-31 12:27 -0700
  Re: Self compiling compiler Jens Kallup <jkallup@web.de> - 2016-03-31 21:29 +0200
  Re: Self compiling compiler ERSHC <ershc123@nyc.rr.com> - 2016-04-02 20:58 +0000
  Re: Self compiling compiler federation2005@netzero.com - 2016-05-25 16:41 -0700
    Re: Self compiling compiler federation2005@netzero.com - 2016-05-28 14:49 -0700
      Re: Self compiling compiler rockbrentwood@gmail.com - 2016-08-22 15:56 -0700

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