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> This is the smallest and simplest exposition that i know of on how to write a compiler. I haven't read Kernighan and Pike's book but another really small com
by munificent 2y ago
> This is the smallest and simplest exposition that i know of on how to write a compiler.
I haven't read Kernighan and Pike's book but another really small compiler exposition I like is Wirth's PL/0 in "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs". A little outdated at this point, but still a very pleasant read.
- rramadass 2y agoThanks for the pointer, will take a look at it. I don't believe these things become "outdated" unless you are a bleeding edge practitioner. For most of us "ordinary" Programmers what is needed is breadth over depth and a general idea of what the subject is about so that we are not entirely clueless. Depth will always come when we actually get to work on a project which needs that specific expertise.