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   ERSHC to ERSHC   
   Re: Self compiling compiler   
   02 Apr 16 20:58:18   
   
   From: ershc123@nyc.rr.com   
      
   On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:54:00 -0000 (UTC), 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)?   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
      
   Wow! Thanks to all for the suggestions. I seem to have some work cut   
   out for me chosing among the plethora of resources.   
      
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