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adds 'with' to help clarify how to build a new compiler

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Martin Ombura Jr. 2025-05-01 04:01:42 +00:00
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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ of the same compiler.
This raises a chicken-and-egg paradox: where did the first compiler come from?
It must have been written in a different language. In Rust's case it was
[written in OCaml][ocaml-compiler]. However it was abandoned long ago and the
only way to build a modern version of rustc is a slightly less modern
only way to build a modern version of rustc is with a slightly less modern
version.
This is exactly how `x.py` works: it downloads the current beta release of

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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ the same compiler.
This raises a chicken-and-egg paradox: where did the first compiler come from?
It must have been written in a different language. In Rust's case it was
[written in OCaml][ocaml-compiler]. However it was abandoned long ago and the
only way to build a modern version of `rustc` is a slightly less modern version.
only way to build a modern version of `rustc` is with a slightly less modern version.
This is exactly how [`./x.py`] works: it downloads the current beta release of
`rustc`, then uses it to compile the new compiler.