• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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    8 days ago

    The key problem is knowing whether something is compromised or not though, that why you can’t use an existing compiler if you want to be sure. Meanwhile, bootstrapping involved building a minimal core in assembly and then progressively compiling the compiler using itself. That’s basically how you build a whole new compiler starting with assembly.