Bootstraping a Compiler

Bootstrapping a compiler involves producing a self-compiling compiler, that is, we write a compiler using language A that produces code for target machine B and can still compile itself.

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As we saw in previous articles, we built a compiler for the Kaleidoscope programming language and supported many programming language functionalities, JIT compilation, and much more. We did all this using a high-level programming lan...