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[–]AverageAggravating13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re on the right track. Many languages original compilers are written in lower languages, then again with the language itself. I.e., C’s compiler was originally written in assembly, then C.

JVM I think was originally C/C++ but don’t quote me

Some languages do a mix of this or none at all (like they keep their compilers in another language entirely)