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		pecg on Aug 27, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C compiler with support for structs written in Ass... This program looks interesting. Maybe it could help in the bootstrap process of tcc, though I don't know if it is written in ANSI C. On a related note, I will try to test compiling lua's runtime environment and interpreter, because I'm sure it is written using standard C already.

nickpsecurity on Aug 27, 2018 | [–]

Part of the goal of these efforts is doing that. For example, here's a page tracking which tools can compile which others:

https://bootstrapping.miraheze.org/wiki/C_compilers

ailideex on Aug 27, 2018 | [–]

> Maybe it could help in the bootstrap process

Why would it be more useful than just cross compiling?

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