So OK, so it's saturday night... and I'm recompiling my compiler. o_O

Yah, that's right. First you install a binary version of the compiler. 
Then you use that to compile a minimal version of the compiler from 
source. Then you use *that* to compile a full version from source.

Not forgetting that since the compiler is written in the same 
programming language, gotta compile all the standard libraries twice 
too. Oh, and then on the final pass, the libraries get compiled into 
several versions - "normal", "debug", "profiling", etc. And the user 
manual needs to be converted from DocBook to HTML - but you don't need a 
compiler for that, fortunately!

I should probably get out more...

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