Once you have any computer with the ability to run code, you can simply write code on that system to build the first compiler on another system, then copy that compiler over to the new system and go from there. Once you have a working code environment on any system, you'd be crazy not to use it to develop the tools for the next.
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Once you have any computer with the ability to run code, you can simply write code on that system to build the first compiler on another system, then copy that compiler over to the new system and go from there. Once you have a working code environment on any system, you'd be crazy not to use it to develop the tools for the next.