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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=computer_science">computer science</a>, <b>bootstrapping</b> is the technique for producing a <a href="page.php?w=Self-hosting_%28compilers%29">self-compiling compiler</a> - that is, a <a href="page.php?w=compiler">compiler</a> (or <a href="page.php?w=assembly_language">assembler</a>) written in the source <a href="page.php?w=programming_language">programming language</a> 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</p><p>
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