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That is awesome! Thanks! Does anybody know the easiest way to compile to JVM bytecode? I have a Scheme interpreter written in Kotlin, what is the best way to compile it, instead of interpreting? Where do I start?
Just what I love, a scientific and pedagogic CS article, in well formulated English. I would appreciate some introductory notes or links to prerequisites though. That would perhaps entice an audience who has no previous experience in writing compilers.
Just what I love, a scientific and pedagogic CS article, in well formulated English. I would appreciate some introductory notes or links to prerequisites though. That would perhaps entice an audience who has no previous experience in writing compilers.
I really want to be able to wrap my head around compilers but I'm not sure what a good "user friendly" resource is that wont stuff lots of fancy compiler buzzwords in my face and become white noise to me.
Just what I love, a scientific and pedagogic CS article, in well formulated English. I would appreciate some introductory notes or links to prerequisites though. That would perhaps entice an audience who has no previous experience in writing compilers.
I really want to be able to wrap my head around compilers but I'm not sure what a good "user friendly" resource is that wont stuff lots of fancy compiler buzzwords in my face and become white noise to me.
I enjoyed this read because it was a very user-friendly overview. After reading, I knew exactly what major pieces did what and therefore what to search for next on my own terms.
Just what I love, a scientific and pedagogic CS article, in well formulated English. I would appreciate some introductory notes or links to prerequisites though. That would perhaps entice an audience who has no previous experience in writing compilers.
I really want to be able to wrap my head around compilers but I'm not sure what a good "user friendly" resource is that wont stuff lots of fancy compiler buzzwords in my face and become white noise to me.
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I really want to be able to wrap my head around compilers but I'm not sure what a good "user friendly" resource is that wont stuff lots of fancy compiler buzzwords in my face and become white noise to me.
I'm writing my first compiler now, and it's been quite a learning curve. I've also realized how much nicer my language is for writing compilers than the language in which I'm implementing the compiler. That made me realize I could write the compiler in my language and then write an interpreter for my language which would only need to run once--to generate the compiler--after which point my compiler would be self-host…
off topic question: When do you find time do such interesting things as these? I'd really like to dive deeper in this topic. As a CS student, who also got to work as a dev at the same time for a living, I'm even happy to get to sleep 8 hours.
This particular project luckily turned out to be quick to get working. Also, I kept the scope very small, calling it a day right before getting big ideas.
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I really want to be able to wrap my head around compilers but I'm not sure what a good "user friendly" resource is that wont stuff lots of fancy compiler buzzwords in my face and become white noise to me.
Lisp In Small Pieces would be my reccomendation. A relatively small book that takes you through writing 11 interpreters and 2 compilers.
[1]: The book is free as well: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html...
Just what I love, a scientific and pedagogic CS article, in well formulated English. I would appreciate some introductory notes or links to prerequisites though. That would perhaps entice an audience who has no previous experience in writing compilers.
I really want to be able to wrap my head around compilers but I'm not sure what a good "user friendly" resource is that wont stuff lots of fancy compiler buzzwords in my face and become white noise to me.
For a more comprehensive example, you can have a look at my compiler for the full Oberon language targeting the JVM. It is based on the principles of that book: https://github.com/lboasso/oberonc