>>>>> "Bert" == Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> writes:

Bert> No. You need a C compiler, true, but it builds the next C compiler  from text
Bert> sources only, it does not clone itself.

Bert> This is also the difference between using SystemTracer to clone an image
Bert> into a new format vs. what Ralph suggested, using an image to assemble a
Bert> new image from scratch, containing only an explicitly defined set of
Bert> objects.

Sorry, I was inadvertently confusing what Ralph suggested (which seems
like the C compiler technique) with the objection to the SystemTracer.

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