>That is just a shallow impression though. Convince me I'm wrong? When developers ask, "I am curious about compilers, where should I start?", a common answer,

>That is just a shallow impression though. Convince me I'm wrong? When developers ask, "I am curious about compilers, where should I start?", a common answer, even today, is "the dragon book". This is just bad advice. There are better introductory texts on the subject. However, if we step back , there's no reason not to suggest "Let's Build a Compiler" even though it seems dated at this point. Why is that? Because the dev is only curious and the content of "Let's Build a Compiler" is still, to this day, generally a good introduction to what compilers actually do. It's lite on theory and heavier on practicality and can easily satiate curiosity.