> I can't imagine building anything complex in x86 assembly, let alone a freakin' compiler! Note that it's massively simpler than a modern compiler. Simple dat

> I can't imagine building anything complex in x86 assembly, let alone a freakin' compiler! Note that it's massively simpler than a modern compiler. Simple data structures, very simple passes. If you're thinking about complex graphical manipulation like compilers now, that's not really what it was.