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> Most graduates of Computer Science programs can, perhaps with some trouble, implement a half decent C compiler in a weekend or two. Where "most" of course me
by patrec 3y ago
> Most graduates of Computer Science programs can, perhaps with some trouble, implement a half decent C compiler in a weekend or two.
Where "most" of course means < 0.1%.
- TillE 3y agoTwo weekends is ludicrously optimistic even if you're leaning heavily on existing parser libraries, but if you've taken a programming languages class, you can write a simple compiler for a large subset of C.