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Original author of that critique here - it's been edited a bit since that fork was made: https://gist.github.com/no-defun-allowed/7e3e238c959e27d4919bb4272487d7
by hayley-patton 3y ago
Original author of that critique here - it's been edited a bit since that fork was made: https://gist.github.com/no-defun-allowed/7e3e238c959e27d4919bb4272487d7ad https://gist.github.com/no-defun-allowed/7e3e238c959e27d4919...
- cardanome 3y agoUpdated the link, thank you!
- _a_a_a_ 3y agoI think it's right to emphasise 'your first interpreter', and it does depend on the person's prior proficiency with C and language design/implementation. It's perfectly doable though, my first compiler (technically a transpiler) was written in C, and it worked well although I was hardly a C n00b. (Just a polite other viewpoint)
- hayley-patton 3y agoThanks, that's a good point. If it's also a book for learning C, I'd think the proficiency of the audience varies substantially then.
- _a_a_a_ 3y ago> If it's also a book for learning C that would be a car crash! (edited cos it came across a bit horrible unintentionally)
- latenightcoding 3y agoThere are some many things wrong with this book but this critique is really bad and I wish people would stop sharing it. It starts with: >> First off: God help you if you are going to write your first interpreter in C of all things. How can anybody take this seriously.