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"In fact, trying to sell any compiler is a very bad business plan, because you're basically competing with free." Don't discount writing new types of compilers
by bootload 12y ago
"In fact, trying to sell any compiler is a very bad business plan, because you're basically competing with free."
Don't discount writing new types of compilers that people want.
At one stage pre pg stepping down, an RFS explicitly asked for compilers. Special types of compiler that have yet to be written that speed up programming across multiple machines. Disappeared in the RFS list: cf http://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/#program http://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/#program
- pbiggar 12y agoDefinitely don't trying writing new types of compilers hoping that people will want them! You could conceivably get lucky, but you won't. You should be fine writing new frameworks (meteor), or working in closely related areas like static analysis (coverity, fortify), CI/CD tools (CircleCI), or even things like DB optimizers. I just wouldn't write a straightforward compiler.
- bootload 12y ago"Definitely don't trying writing new types of compilers hoping that people will want them!" Conversely, you might do this to solve your own problems and do things you cannot do now.