I strongly suggest you build something esoteric and fun first. This should be a "bare minimum" VM or interpreter. Here's one of mine that I wrote like a 8 years

I strongly suggest you build something esoteric and fun first. This should be a "bare minimum" VM or interpreter. Here's one of mine that I wrote like a 8 years ago[1]: https://github.com/dvx/zeded/ https://github.com/dvx/zeded/ Don't start off with YACC/Bison as they hide a lot of stuff under the hood. It's cool learning things from scratch. The most commonly-suggested book on compilers is known as the Dragon Book[2] and if you want to take this endeavour seriously, you should really get a copy. [1] https://code.google.com/archive/p/zeded/ https://code.google.com/archive/p/zeded/ [2] https://www.amazon.com/Compilers-Principles-Techniques-Tools-2nd/dp/0321486811 https://www.amazon.com/Compilers-Principles-Techniques-Tools...