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by StavrosK 4839 days ago
Yes, actually. Exactly that. They wrote the interpreter in RPython (running over CPython), then wrote an RPython to C compiler in RPython (again on CPython), and then compiled the interpreter using the compiler.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, though.
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DasIch 4839 days ago
The RPython compiler does not need to be written in RPython itself.
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johnyui 4839 days ago
He didn't say it had to be, he said it was.

"The RPython compiler is written in RPython". "The RPython compiler had to be written in RPython". See the difference? Fucking retard.

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yen223 4838 days ago
What's with the unnecessary hostility?
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andybak 4838 days ago
Flagged. We don't need that kind of thing round here.
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fijal 4838 days ago
Well, it's not. RPython compiler is written in Python.
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