Re: Self compiling compiler

Kaz Kylheku <545-066-4921@kylheku.com>
Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:01:43 +0000 (UTC)

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From: Kaz Kylheku <545-066-4921@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:01:43 +0000 (UTC)
Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server
References: 16-03-013
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Keywords: C, comment
Posted-Date: 31 Mar 2016 11:33:17 EDT

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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