On Saturday 28 August 2004 18:14, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 28 August 2004 05:11 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > On Saturday 28 August 2004 14:23, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > I figure this one ought to keep the conversation going for > > > a while. > > > > > > I have been going through a Linux from Scratch build just > > > for the learning experience, and something has just dawned > > > on me. If a Linux system needs to be built from a host > > > system, how did the first linux system get built? > > > > > > In other words, how can I create something that needs > > > itself to be created? > > > > > > -- > > > /g > > > > Easy. On a UNIX system. > > But then how was the first UNIX system created? That may not be accurate if you define linux as the kernel then LT developed that on a miniux system. The C language was developed on a pdp 4 running UNIX and UNIX was rewritten in C after that Linux was devloped as a subset of UNIX. END. -- Regards: Hoyt Registered Linux User # 363264 http://counter.li.org
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