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The symbiotic relationship between compiler development and hardware architecture design has a defining role in CS problems, and while you don't need to underst
by olewhalehunter 9y ago
The symbiotic relationship between compiler development and hardware architecture design has a defining role in CS problems, and while you don't need to understand that relationship to write CRUD apps for a living, I think ignorance of it robs those who really want to understand this stuff of truths both technical and profound.
- yeowMeng 9y agoTotally! Compiler development = Finite State Automaton + Push Down Automaton + Context Free Grammar + Intermediate representation + Static Analysis/Optimiation + Stack Machine + ... Hardware Architecture = Stack Machine/Turing Machine + electricity + creativity Stack Machine == Turing Machine Compiler development starts and ends with Turing Machines. Hardware architecture ends with Turing Machines operating at the speed of electricity through metal.
- olewhalehunter 9y agoThere are alternatives to this mainstream style of computer architecture, such as dataflow or hybrid quantum-classical systems, which both require a very different kind of compiler. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataflow_architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataflow_architecture