# Could jbuilder build the OCaml compiler?

**URL:** <https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/could-jbuilder-build-the-ocaml-compiler/1979>\
**Category:** Ecosystem\
**Created:** [May 11, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/could-jbuilder-build-the-ocaml-compiler/1979 "2018-05-11T06:14:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![UnixJunkie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ocaml.org/unixjunkie/32/638_2.png) [@UnixJunkie](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/UnixJunkie)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/could-jbuilder-build-the-ocaml-compiler/1979/1 "2018-05-11T06:14:33Z")

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Bonus points: you manage to parallelize the build of our favorite compiler.

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**Author:** ![mseri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ocaml.org/mseri/32/91_2.png) [@mseri](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/mseri)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/could-jbuilder-build-the-ocaml-compiler/1979/2 "2018-05-11T13:28:51Z")

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Not the bootstrap, but I think there was some discussion about investigating this in the recent past