We Wrote a Compiler in the Language It Compiles. It Works.

Four sprints. One afternoon. 62 tests, all green. ForgeIL is the compiler layer of Forge - an open source UI framework built around a radical simplicity: one language, one binary, no runtime installation. The Idea There is a test every language eventually faces. Not a benchmark. Not a syntax comparison. A question: Can the language compile itself? A self-hosted compiler is the closest thing software has to a proof of maturity. If the language can express a lexer, a parser, and a code generator -