Whatever you do, do not read the META II paper, especially not Figure 5, which is the META II compiler written in itself. You may lose two months of your life:

Whatever you do, do not read the META II paper, especially not Figure 5, which is the META II compiler written in itself. You may lose two months of your life: http://www.ibm-1401.info/Meta-II-schorre.pdf http://www.ibm-1401.info/Meta-II-schorre.pdf :)