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Re:Build a Compiler in Five Projects by norir on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @11:15AM (#46047272)
The prominence of LLVM is a symptom of the dying of compiler writing as an art, not evidence of its vitality.
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Re:Build a Compiler in Five Projects by almostgotcaught on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @12:28PM (#46048192)
> compiler writing as an art

cooking is an art. software is engineering. no one would say "building skyscrapers as an art is dying".

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