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I just subscribed to your site, and currently enjoying it so far. I took programming languages CS course. We didn't exactly build a full compiler from scratch

I just subscribed to your site, and currently enjoying it so far. I took programming languages CS course. We didn't exactly build a full compiler from scratch but we did do parsing, generating AST and bytecode. That being said, I still consider myself an ultra beginner in compiler, do you think the latest edition of Dragon book can be approachable by me?

munificent 7y ago
> do you think the latest edition of Dragon book can be approachable by me? That's a pretty personal question because everyone has different reading styles and approaches to textbooks. It's dense and not a lot of fun to read, so it will require some discipline and effort on your part. If you're the kind of person who has enough willpower to grind it out, you'll be fine. There's a difference between hard books and bad books. The latter are unnecessarily difficult because of the author's deficiencies. The Dragon Book is a good book, but it's a hard book.