title: How was the first compiler written?
body: <p>I heard about the chicken and the egg and bootstrapping. I have a few questions.</p>
  
  <p>What wrote the first compiler that converted something into binary instructions?</p>
  
  <p>Is assembly compiled or translated into binary instructions?</p>
  
  <p>...I'd find it hard to believe they wrote a compiler in binary.</p>