gneuner2@comcast.net (George Neuner) wrote:   
      
   > so, naturally, along with the language validation suite   
   > (if there is one), one of the first big tests of your new compiler is   
   > whether it can compile itself.   
      
    The other point it is possible to bootstrap the thing. Once you have a   
   minimal compiler it can be used to compile the full version. It is also   
   easier to add additional features. Delphi distributions for example   
   includes the complete source code of the compiler and the components.   
      
    A different example is Forth. While you can write Forth systems in   
   another language such as C a large proportion of them have a minimum   
   word set in machine code and the rest is written in Forth.   
      
    Ken Young   
      
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