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Can anyone please clear my confusion on this chicken-egg kind of question?
The question is " What language was the first C compiler written in? ". My teachers say its in C language. but if it is true then how was the compiler program compiled then??
Please help.
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Can anyone please clear my confusion on this chicken-egg kind of question?
The question is " What language was the first C compiler written in? ". My teachers say its in C language. but if it is true then how was the compiler program compiled then??
Please help.
It seems that this topic probably comes up annually. I googled your question and the third entry was a thread on thescripts from last November:
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread212166.html
Sep 24 '06 #2

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