From: portempa@aon.at   
      
   On 09.11.18 23:29, rockbrentwood@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > A test of whether the language, itself, is worth using -- assuming it is a   
   > general purpose language -- is whether you'd be willing to write the   
   compiler,   
   > itself, in it!   
      
   This does not prove anything about applicability of the language for   
   anything other than writing a similar compiler.   
      
   Richard   
   [Good point.  Compilers use a variety of data structures and recursive   
   algorithms   
   so if you can write a compiler, it's likely an adequate systems language.  On   
   the other hand, IBM Fortran H was written in itself which only made sense   
   because   
   the alternative was assembler. -John]   
      
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