TIL from the orange site that I have apparently never written a compiler.
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It was quite disturbing to learn that Go started as a fork of the Plan 9 C Compiler, which predates SSA form, and has an assembler designed with m68k in mind. But it wasn't until I saw this talk at Gophercon that I realized how bad it used to be:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTMvKVma5ms …
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One of the more interesting parts is how long it’s been selfhosting and continually moving itself forward. The C -> Go transition was so pragmatic and incremental it was also hidden
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IMHO, I think if you were clearer about this in your HN comments, you might have a better experience (and I think in general the quality of debate would improve, which benefits everyone). Just my $0.02.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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