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GopherFest 2015: Rob Pike on the move from C to Go in the toolchain

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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Programming languagesSystems programmingGoCompilers and interpretersHistory of computing

Rob Pike discusses the process and rationale behind translating the Go compiler and runtime toolchain from C to Go.

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What people say. Recommended as a fascinating look into compiler bootstrapping and the history of the Go toolchain.

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GopherFest 2015: Rob Pike on the move from C to Go in the toolchain

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The move from C to Go in the toolchain 00:32:52 by **Rob Pike** (2015)

u/azzal07in r/ProgrammingLanguages • Mentions

On “Why not have C transpile to your language?”

Just watched the talk few days back, if you mean this one: link to this video