From: 545-066-4921@kylheku.com   
      
   On 2016-03-31, ERSHC  wrote:   
   > I'd like to teach an undergraduate class based on the Thompson hack   
   > (see Ken Thompson's Turing Award lecture). I don't want to write a   
   > "whole" compiler, so need a compiler that can compile itself,   
   > preferably one that runs under Linux and is reasonably small. Can   
   > anyone point me to something more appropriate than gcc (which is far   
   > from small)?   
      
   If you do the hack in a Big Important Compiler like gcc, the lesson will   
   have greater psychological impact, and you will have bigger hacker creds   
   in front of the students.   
      
   [Perhaps we should figure out how to walk before we run marathons. -John]   
      
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