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by LoganDark 359 days ago
You compile the compiler from source, then you use the compiler compiled from source to compile the compiler from source again, and then the compiler that you compiled from source using the compiler compiled from source should be essentially identical to the compiler compiled from source by itself (unless anything like Reflections on Trusting Trust is in play, but then a lot of bets are off).