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Excellent set of articles for someone trying to figure out bare basics of compilers without taking it in college. For a long time (before going to college) I w
by statictype 16y ago
Excellent set of articles for someone trying to figure out bare basics of compilers without taking it in college.
For a long time (before going to college) I was fascinated with the idea of how languages are implemented. I found this tutorial and followed along. About 3 articles in, the light bulb went on over my head and I finally 'got' recursive descent parsing and how simple and elegant it was. I didn't learn much else from the articles but it was worth it for that.
- nene 16y agoI've had almost exactly the same experience. I had made several attempts at learning how recursive descent parser works, but with little success. Finally I stumbled on this amazing text... All other resources try to scare you by telling how scientifically mind-blowing subject the compiler construction is... this text simply shows how easy it can be.