Programmer Humor

35127 readers

60 users here now

Post funny things about programming here! (Or just rant about your favourite programming language.)

Rules:

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

196

submitted 2 years ago by Wipe5@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

15 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] nychtelios@rlyeh.icu 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Actually compilers are more complex than operative systems, and incredibly they are built using compilers.

[–] cdnalsi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Compilers are built using compilers?

[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yup, C is written in C. You bootstrap using a compiler written in another language until your language is complete enough to write its own compiler.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Alright, that's kinda crazy lol.

[–] nychtelios@rlyeh.icu 2 points 2 years ago

gcc and clang are open source, you can read their source code whenever you want!

[–] pewpew@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago

I belive you. I made a basic OS in around a month and now i'm starting a C compiler, I think I underestimated it a bit