# bootstrapping

> process of writing a compiler (or assembler) in the source programming language that it intends to compile

**Wikidata**: [Q893209](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q893209)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(compilers))  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013