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aplp1798ySource code, because source code later gets compiled into an executable. Not really a paradox imo
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juzles38618yThe real story is that the first steps to writing the first c compiler is that he used assembly to write the first simple compiler, than used that with some c to write a better compiler - loop this few more times => c compiler.
Kind of like use a tool to make a better tool -
youness21908ypeople used to write instrunctions code direct to memory by flipping switches like in altair 8800
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First came the instructions, then the compiler, then the human readable source code.
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rubyDom718yIsn't the swift compiler written in swift too? I seem to remember Siracusa talking about it at one point.
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in the specific order
if you have to make things ground up
transistors and logic --> microprogram logic --> assembler --> compiler --> interpreters --> text editor --> source code
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