Doing something like this before tackling the Dragon book [1] is a great idea. Formal theory will make a lot more sense once you've run into some of the practic

Doing something like this before tackling the Dragon book [1] is a great idea. Formal theory will make a lot more sense once you've run into some of the practical problems yourself. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compilers:_Principles,_Techniques,_and_Tools http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compilers:_Principles,_Techniqu...