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msla
2534 days ago
Most CPUs aren't in self-hosting systems.
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kevin_thibedeau
2534 days ago
Yes they are. Embedded applications outnumber top end computers by an order of magnitude.
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nineteen999
2534 days ago
Perhaps he means that they are not generally self-hosted, in that we generally tend to cross-compile for the embedded hardware, rather than compiling on the embedded hardware.
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msla
2533 days ago
That's precisely what I meant, and I don't understand how it could be misunderstood if you know what "self-hosting" means in this context.
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msla
2534 days ago
I think you just agreed with me.
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