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I’m too young (or studied in the wrong time or place) so my CS teachers failed to impress me to such an extent. However, I very well remember reading the Compi
by lixtra 8y ago
I’m too young (or studied in the wrong time or place) so my CS teachers failed to impress me to such an extent.
However, I very well remember reading the Compilerbau book by N. Wirth and the awe I felt. It’s just a few pages but it was a revelation.
- sures 8y agoCan you share the name of the book? Is it "Compiler Construction" by Niklaus Wirth?
- phoe-krk 8y agoYes - "Compilerbau" from German is literally "building compilers".
- tralarpa 8y agoCheck also his other books: Algorithms and Data Structures, Programming in Oberon, Project Oberon, etc. They are all available on the ETH website and his homepage (in various revisions). Basically everything you need to know about imperative programming on CS bachelor level for free.
- lixtra 8y agoIndeed, a small search yields: https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/ https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/ Also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10764672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10764672
- gnulinux 8y agoI'm young too (21), I was taught programming in scheme. In UC Berkeley the very first CS class (called "SICP" lol) is in Python and Scheme. https://cs61a.org/ https://cs61a.org/