title: How can a language's compiler be written in that language?
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicates:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/193560/implementing-a-compiler-in-itself">implementing a compiler in &ldquo;itself&rdquo;</a><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13537/bootstrapping-a-language">Bootstrapping a language</a>  </p>
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  <p>How can you write a compiler in the same language as the language you're writing that compiler for? Isn't that sort of recursive?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit</strong>:
  This may be deleted, but otherwise... :</p>
  
  <p><strong>How</strong> to bootstrap:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/193560/implementing-a-compiler-in-itself">Writing a compiler in its own language</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13537/bootstrapping-a-language">Bootstrapping a language</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><strong>Why</strong> to bootstrap:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1493747/bootstrapping-a-compiler-why">Bootstrapping a compiler: why?</a></li>
  </ul>