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Bootstrapping a full GCC toolchain from an extremely minimal hex editor has an astounding number of steps: https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap/blob/master/parts.rst I didn't realise just how many tools are self-hosting. Not just GCC, but also flex, bison, automake and even perl!

Fascinating rust compiler deep-dive on the steps necessary to implement incremental compilation: