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A compiler by itself is surprisingly easy, especially if you read Abdulaziz Ghuloum's or Jeremy Siek's tutorials. Making it competitive with state-of-the-art co
by mepian 2y ago
A compiler by itself is surprisingly easy, especially if you read Abdulaziz Ghuloum's or Jeremy Siek's tutorials. Making it competitive with state-of-the-art compilers like Clang or HotSpot is difficult, but this is true for every kind of software.
- account42 2y agoA compiler for what? Some languages are easier than others.
- shepherdjerred 2y agoA compiler for a toy language is easy. 99% of professional programmers probably could not implement a compiler for C.