I just finished writing a compiler for a CS class. I was surprised at how logical it ended up being. For me, it really took away a lot of the mystic nature su

I just finished writing a compiler for a CS class. I was surprised at how logical it ended up being. For me, it really took away a lot of the mystic nature surrounding compilers. Writing a compiler for a small language with minimal optimization features and an easy to understand assembly/bytecode format is actually relatively straightforward.