[pjmlp]

There is another way, which is how all surviving systems programming languages got their job.

A major OS vendor states "if you want to target my OS here is the language".

[badsectoracula]

And a C compiler writer would reply "hold my beer" :-P.

(talking as someone who was working on a C-to-C# transpiler for PSMobile to port my C game engine to it before Sony axed it :-P)

[pjmlp]

Most likely using a C compiler writen in C++. :)