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Re:Let's make a Teeny Tiny compiler by userbinator on Saturday June 06, 2020 @05:29PM (#23442382)
There seems to have been an explosion of such articles within the past few years, despite things like Crenshaw's tutorial existing for several decades; I wonder why a large number of people have suddenly started thinking "I understand this, I should write an article about it".

My favourite demonstration of a "teeny tiny compiler" is still C4: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8558822 Perhaps it inspired all these compiler articles?

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Re:Let's make a Teeny Tiny compiler by molticrystal on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:19PM (#23442776)
Always enjoyed Fabrice Bellard's work, like https://bellard.org/otcc/ which is 2048 bytes and self compiles & https://bellard.org/tcc/ , his TinyEmu and Javascript PC Emulator that boots several OSes including linux are cool as well.
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Re:Let's make a Teeny Tiny compiler by staycoolboy on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:42PM (#23442965)
<I deleted this because it wasn't nice>
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Re:Let's make a Teeny Tiny compiler by azhenley on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:46PM (#23443006)
Actually, my students were having trouble following other tutorials so I wrote this for them. (I also just love talking about compilers!)

I’d summarize my tutorial as a shorter version of Crenshaw’s.

I love seeing more and more compiler tutorials. They all have different goals and perspectives.

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Re:Let's make a Teeny Tiny compiler by staycoolboy on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:58PM (#23443102)
Sorry, my comment wasn't in the HN spirit.
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Re:Let's make a Teeny Tiny compiler by hliyan on Sunday June 07, 2020 @02:05AM (#23445153)
Been on many internet forums for the past 20 years. The first time I've ever seen such candid yet terse retraction. This is what I like about HN as a community (either that, or moderation is out of this world).
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Re:Let's make a Teeny Tiny compiler by userbinator on Sunday June 07, 2020 @02:17AM (#23445192)
It's disturbing to see such praise for censorship, unless that comment was really crossing the line. (I didn't see it.) Proof that HN is as much of an echo-chamber as all the others, despite somewhat discussion that it isn't.

(...and meanwhile I get downvoted for making an observation.)

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