@maltimore @fsf @fsfe Some reasons for this include:...

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Some reasons for this include: The process wasn't documented, the code was lost, used many different hardwares, it took about 50 years, untangling history is _hard_.

For that last remark, just look at the Java or Rust bootstraps (they needed _many_, _many_ steps) or the sheer impossibility to bootstrap the NPM/Node distaster.

Like 27 Apr 2023 at 7:02 | Open on todon.nl

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Andrius Štikonas

@janneke @maltimore @fsf @fsfe Also historical bootstrap might have used proprietary programs, so even historical bootstrap documentation might not help.

27 Apr 2023 at 14:10 | Open on fosstodon.org

Janneke

@stikonas @maltimore @fsf @fsfe
When I said "source code was lost" I didn't even think of this, but you're right: GNU's not Unix!

27 Apr 2023 at 14:21 | Open on todon.nl

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