Bootstrapping a compiler: why?

Question

I understand how a language can bootstrap itself, but I haven\'t been able to find much reference on why you should consider bootstrapping.

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Answer 1

Bootstrapping has also another advantage: If your language is nice, you might save time by writing your compiler in than in let's say C. For instance, the C# compiler was written in C++, but now they are rewriting it in C#, which allows them (among other things) to use the threading framework from the CLR instead of rolling their own in C++ (and to follow the lead of the Mono guys as well, marketing wise, Mono was in a better position by being able to say our C# compiler is actually written in C#).