Re: wip-full-source-bootstrap: from a 357-byte `hex0' to 'hello'

[Jan Wielkiewicz]

Dnia 2021-01-04, o godz. 18:01:21
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> napisał(a):

> Hi!
> 
> I have reset Guix' wip-full-source-bootstrap branch with a first
> working implementation of the, well, "Full Source Bootstrap" for
> x86-linux (and x86_64-linux).  This bootstrap is rooted in the
> 357-byte hex0-seed from the Stage0 project

Great job! Looks like dark magic to me.
It would be interesting to compare binaries made using the bootstrapped
and the unbootstrapped system and look for *interesting stuff* like
some decades old self-replicating code.
 
> Greetings,
> Janneke
> 
> *)
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/log/?h=wip-full-source-bootstrap
> 

Jan Wielkiewicz