"Nobody programs in machine language" (was: Modern

From: der Mouse <mouse_at_Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
Date: Wed Jun 23 18:00:06 2004

> Q: Current C compilers are written in C.
> What was the FIRST C compiler written in?

Was there a well-defined "first C compiler"? I'm not sure there was.
The language we know today as C has evolved over many years, and it's
hard to find an obvious place to draw a "before this was not C" line.

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