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by Thrir94994i 971 days ago
357 bytes for bootstrap compiler binary is VERY impressive!
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msm_ 971 days ago
If I remember correctly, this tiny binary is used to (reproducibly) bootstrap the next binary, which bootstraps the next binary, until eventually GCC can be compiled (and compile other software).
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Smaug123 971 days ago
The bootstrap chain is https://github.com/oriansj/stage0-posix-x86/blob/e86bf7d304b...
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rssoconnor 971 days ago
To be fair, it is 357 bytes ... plus a POSIX operating system.

Still, that POSIX operating system bit is also being worked on.

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6581 971 days ago
Isn't that what builder-hex0 does?

https://github.com/ironmeld/builder-hex0

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