mc, the compiler that compiles itself

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The project describes a bootstrap chain in which clang builds a C23 seed once, then mc compiles its own source and reaches a byte-identical fixed point across generations. Its core language is intentionally small, while extensions such as while, for, and += arrive through source-level directives and a 37-line prelude. The page also documents an executable mode that emits AArch64 Mach-O, handles relocations, and performs ad hoc signing without invoking a linker or codesign.