Eli5: If a compiler is a program that converts your code into binary form for the computer, unless my understanding is incorrect and it isn’t just a program, wouldn’t the compiler also need a compiler to run it since how do you run a program without a compiler?
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One example of what you are describing is called YACC, which stands for Yet Another Compiler Compiler. You can probably tell from the name that there are quite a few of these programs that are used to generate compilers.
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