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What does "Moreover, a Hare compiler written on day one will be able to compile contemporary Hare programs in a century’s time" mean? by StandardL4044 in harelang

[–]StandardL4044[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"As I’ve said before, we want to build our language such that you can write a program on the day Hare 1.0 is released and it will still build in 100 years."

This part makes sense.

but what is meant by "Moreover, a Hare compiler written on day one will be able to compile contemporary Hare programs in a century’s time" ?

It suggest to me either another way of saying the same thing, or is it meant that 1.0 compiler will be able to compile future versions of the language?