Re:Build a Compiler in Five Projects
by sph on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @02:42AM
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> the truth is that trying to learn how to build a compiler from a single book
I think you conflate “learning to build a compiler for a toy language” with “being effective at working on a modern optimizing compiler suite like GCC/LLVM”
The book is perfectly fine for the first use case, and never claims to touch upon the latter.
I think you conflate “learning to build a compiler for a toy language” with “being effective at working on a modern optimizing compiler suite like GCC/LLVM”
The book is perfectly fine for the first use case, and never claims to touch upon the latter.