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Want to write a compiler? Just read these two papers (2008)

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Re: Want to write a compiler? Just read these two papers (2008)

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It's been about 4 years since I took a compilers course (from OMSCS, graduate program) and still shutter ... it was, hands down, the most difficult (yet rewarding) classes I've taken.

I would like to agree with this comment, but I certainly didn't find it rewarding. It was pure pain.

10 years ago I took few coursera courses to fill the gaps in my computer science education.

One of them was a compilers course done by karpathy. It was pure joy and a great learning experience.

Also in my experience the joy of doing a course was much stronger correlated with the teacher's qualities rather than the subject itself.

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