How Difficult is it to Write a Compiler?

Re:How Difficult is it to Write a Compiler? by petercooper on Monday December 15, 2008 @04:54PM (#398885)

Also reminds me of the rube who couldn't believe that someone could improve on the speed of MRI by a factor of 50X, simply because he somehow felt that everything about Ruby must be advanced in every possible way.

Got a citation / reference for this?

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Re:How Difficult is it to Write a Compiler? by stcredzero on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @09:25AM (#399495)

“So do you seriously think that all these smart people, writing (and collaborating on) all these projects have somehow missed the magic technique that’s going to make Ruby run 60x faster?”

http://fukamachi.org/wp/2008/06/02/maglev-and-the-naiivety-o...

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Re:How Difficult is it to Write a Compiler? by petercooper on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @09:52AM (#399512)

Much appreciated - thanks!

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