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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Refinements on a process.
You can write in machine code. It’s a nightmare but doable.
Machine code to create a super basic language like Assembly.
You can then use Assembly to make a more advance language like Fortan.
You can then use Fortran to write a more nuanced and powerful language like C
You can then use C to write languages like Java.
Languages like Python are not just created out of nothing. There is a long history of refinements and advancements that it’s built on top of.
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