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		_pghu on Jan 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm Pirating the Next Version of Windows Even if you wrote the compiler by hand, it doesn't matter. See the outstanding "Reflections on Trusting Trust": http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html

Karunamon on Jan 19, 2012 [–]

Haha! Believe it or not, I had that story in mind when writing the previous comment. Really the only way to be 100% sure is to manually "bit bash" the compiler together without using ANOTHER compiler (like you would do if you're building a toolset for an entirely new architecture).

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