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65[ * Bootstrapping* ] [ boot ] is the process of using a compiler to compile itself.
76More accurately, it means using an older compiler to compile a newer version
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1615This is exactly how ` x.py ` works: it downloads the current beta release of
1716rustc, then uses it to compile the new compiler.
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18+ Note that this documentation mostly covers user-face informations. See
19+ [ bootstrap/README.md] [ bootstrap-internals ] to read bootstrap internals.
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21+ [ bootstrap-internals ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/src/bootstrap/README.md
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1923## Stages of bootstrapping
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2125Compiling ` rustc ` is done in stages. Here's a diagram, adapted from Joshua Nelson's
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