Bootstrappable builds
Bootstrappable builds
Posted Jan 19, 2021 17:57 UTC (Tue) by immibis (subscriber, #105511)In reply to: Bootstrappable builds by jhhaller
Parent article: Bootstrappable builds
Of course, such a computer will occupy the size of at least a refrigerator, and execute perhaps 10 instructions per second.
But you cannot possibly introduce fabrication defects into a relay-based design that passes its tests.
Now you can use this to bootstrap your software for other computers that can actually run at practical speeds.
Posted Jan 20, 2021 10:15 UTC (Wed)
by geert (subscriber, #98403)
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Bootstrappable builds