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   mutazilah@gmail.com to Rod Pemberton   
   Re: subc   
   07 Feb 22 00:23:38   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, February 7, 2022 at 5:59:58 PM UTC+11, Rod Pemberton wrote:   
      
   > which we've written ourselves. So, you've managed   
   > to code an OS, you've bootstrapped a simple C   
   > compiler or a home-brew assembler for your OS.   
      
   > simple C compiler. Most modern C compilers   
   > aren't capable of self-hosting anymore, i.e.,   
   > bootstrapping,   
      
   I'm not 100% sure I understand, but what is the difference   
   between running a simple C compiler and running the   
   modified, C90-compliant GCC 3.2.3 that I created?   
      
   A larger executable (3 MB), more memory required to run   
   it, but is that an issue?   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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