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a translator that turns your good intentions into machine-speakable reality, then judges your typos.
first oneGrace Hopper built it in 1952, doubters be damned
self-hostingmany compilers are written in their own language
bootstrappingfirst version compiled by hand, then it compiles itself
optimizationcan rewrite code faster than you ever could
errorsone missing semicolon halts the entire empire