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by dllthomas 4653 days ago
> the kernel is what compiled the compiler

That's not what a kernel does...
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chris_wot 4653 days ago
Who are you quoting? Certainly wasn't me!
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dllthomas 4653 days ago
Uh, it was the parent comment - do a search if you can't find it on perusal. It's possibly taken out of context but I don't see a reading of the passage in question that doesn't include that sentiment. Could you clarify?
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chris_wot 4648 days ago
The parent comment? I was the top level commenter on this. Do you mean the article itself? It reads:

"The kernel is written in C, however how did the kernel get compiled without a compiler installed?"

And...

"If the C compiler is installed on my machine before the kernel is compiled, how can the compiler itself get compiled without a compiler installed?"

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