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Probably by design. > This book offers a one semester introduction [...] enabling the reader to build a simple compiler that accepts a *C-like language*
by mike_hock 3mo ago
Probably by design.
> This book offers a one semester introduction [...] enabling the reader to build a simple compiler that accepts a *C-like language*
- trenchgun 3mo agoThen it is really not about language design... I would rather recommend https://www.plai.org/ https://www.plai.org/
- xqb64 3mo agoWhy that book specifically?
- vkazanov 3mo agoAs a lisper, i like PLAI and all the other books from the same school: Lisp in small pieces and many others. But they also felt kind of detached from realities of industrial languages and compilers. These days Crafting Interpreters is probably the best suggestion.
- whateverboat 3mo agoAlso Practical Foundations for Programming Languages by Harper.