Intuitively, it would seems that a compiler for language Foo cannot itself be written in Foo. More specifically, the first compiler for language Foo cannot be written in Foo, but any subsequent compiler could be written for Foo. But is this actually true? I have some very vague recollection of reading about a language whose … Read more
Intuitively, it would seems that a compiler for language Foo cannot itself be written in Foo. More specifically, the first compiler for language Foo cannot be written in Foo, but any subsequent compiler could be written for Foo. But is this actually true? I have some very vague recollection of reading about a language whose … Read more
I never clearly understood what an ABI is. Please don’t point me to a Wikipedia article. If I could understand it, I wouldn’t be here posting such a lengthy post. This is my mindset about different interfaces: A TV remote is an interface between the user and the TV. It is an existing entity, but … Read more
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