I think the OO part is a bit ranty, but other than that it's a nice article: Software engineers can really learn a lot from compiler design. Never regret I did

I think the OO part is a bit ranty, but other than that it's a nice article: Software engineers can really learn a lot from compiler design. Never regret I did take that lecture (we excluded C typedefs and some other meanies). If you're bored and want to learn, write a LLVM frontend, and maybe a simple optimization (e.g. constant propagation or dead code elimination). There is a tutorial for a functional language in the LLVM docs, or just do a subset of C, or your own DSL ;)