From 28ccf262233661c751f64cf254acf814db7fc88e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Who? Me?! Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:47:47 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Better wording Co-authored-by: Camelid <37223377+camelid@users.noreply.github.com> --- src/getting-started.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/getting-started.md b/src/getting-started.md index 46639457..cb87210a 100644 --- a/src/getting-started.md +++ b/src/getting-started.md @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ the following settings: ### `./x.py` Intro -`rustc` is a _bootstrapping_ compiler because it is written in Rust. Where do you +`rustc` is a _bootstrapping_ compiler, which means that it is written in Rust. So where do you get the original compiler from? We use the current beta compiler to build the compiler. Then, we use that compiler to build itself. Thus, `rustc` has a 2-stage build. You can read more about bootstrapping