Bootstrap compiler in the context of Haskell

Bootstrap compiler in the context of Haskell

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⭐ Core Definition: Bootstrap compiler

In computer science, bootstrapping is the technique for producing a self-compiling compiler – that is, a compiler (or assembler) written in the source programming language that it intends to compile. An initial core version of the compiler (the bootstrap compiler) is generated in a different language (which could be assembly language); successive expanded versions of the compiler are developed using this minimal subset of the language. The problem of compiling a self-compiling compiler has been called the chicken-or-egg problem in compiler design, and bootstrapping is a solution to this problem.

Bootstrapping is a fairly common practice when creating a programming language. Many compilers for many programming languages are bootstrapped, including compilers for ALGOL, BASIC, C, Common Lisp, D, Eiffel, Elixir, Factor, Go, Haskell, Java, Modula-2, Nim, Oberon, OCaml, Pascal, PL/I, Python, Rust, Scala, Scheme, TypeScript, Vala, Zig and more.

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Bootstrap compiler in the context of Compiler

In computing, a compiler is software that translates computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language). The name "compiler" is primarily used for programs that translate source code from a high-level programming language to a low-level programming language (e.g. assembly language, object code, or machine code) to create an executable program.

There are many different types of compilers which produce output in different useful forms. A cross-compiler produces code for a different CPU or operating system than the one on which the cross-compiler itself runs. A bootstrap compiler is often a temporary compiler, used for compiling a more permanent or better optimized compiler for a language.

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← Compiler ← Compiled ← Compiling ← Compilers ← Compiler construction
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Computer science → Self-hosting (compilers) → Compiler → Assembly language → Programming language → Chicken or the egg → Programming language design and implementation → ALGOL → BASIC → C (programming language) → Common Lisp → D (programming language) → Eiffel (programming language) → Elixir (programming language) → Factor (programming language) → Go (programming language) → Haskell → Java (programming language) → Modula-2 → Nim (programming language) → Oberon (programming language) → OCaml → Pascal (programming language) → PL/I → Python (programming language) → Rust (programming language) → Scala (programming language) → Scheme (programming language) → TypeScript → Vala (programming language) → Zig (programming language) →