> Also, I'm curious - did you find yourself having to constrain your use of C in order to make sure that the compiler could compile itself? Or does it implement everything you would use naturally anyways?
That would be the "bootstrapping" process. Nearly a half-century ago I took a compiler lab class where we were given a working, but slightly lame, compiler, and were tasked with adding new, less lame, language features by bootstrapping. That is: 1) implement new feature without using the new feature, 2) using the compiler that results from step 1, re-implement the feature using the new feature, and compile again. 3) Repeat with more features until end of semester for best grade.
That would be the "bootstrapping" process. Nearly a half-century ago I took a compiler lab class where we were given a working, but slightly lame, compiler, and were tasked with adding new, less lame, language features by bootstrapping. That is: 1) implement new feature without using the new feature, 2) using the compiler that results from step 1, re-implement the feature using the new feature, and compile again. 3) Repeat with more features until end of semester for best grade.
Oh, and to the OP, well done!