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		ModernMech on Dec 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: My C compiler compiled itself yacc calls it's a compiler compiler, but it's a parser compiler.

anyfoo on Dec 4, 2024 [–]

I'd go further and say "parser generator", the generated parser will be compiled by a C compiler after all.

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