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| − | Check out the definition from | + | Check out the definition from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping to know more about bootstrapping. |
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| + | ==Why bootstrapping?== | ||
| + | The idea is that when you do a change in the code generation (often for improving the speed) you want to get a compiler that has been compiled with the new code generation to benefit from the changes. | ||
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| + | ==Bootstrapping the compiler== | ||
| + | ===Initial compiler=== | ||
| + | To start the boostrap process you have to start from a working compiler, this is usually one of the released version. Let's call this compiler ec_original. | ||
Revision as of 02:05, 10 April 2006
Definition
Check out the definition from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping to know more about bootstrapping.
Why bootstrapping?
The idea is that when you do a change in the code generation (often for improving the speed) you want to get a compiler that has been compiled with the new code generation to benefit from the changes.
Bootstrapping the compiler
Initial compiler
To start the boostrap process you have to start from a working compiler, this is usually one of the released version. Let's call this compiler ec_original.
