If I ever design a first course in compilers, I'll do it backwards

Re:If I ever design a first course in compilers, I'll do it ... by pessimizer on Thursday August 07, 2014 @11:38AM (#8148251)

I hate the 'scrum' + 'agile' buzzwords, but if those are stripped out, I like the idea of starting off by building a crappy but end-to-end compiler for a language that does almost nothing, and making it nicer as the course moves along.

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Re:If I ever design a first course in compilers, I'll do it ... by hyperliner on Thursday August 07, 2014 @11:55AM (#8148366)

I agree with the buzzword comment for "agile." Just wanted to send the idea of natural evolution.

(A bit off topic, but Scrum is however an actual methodology name.)

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Re:If I ever design a first course in compilers, I'll do it ... by pessimizer on Thursday August 07, 2014 @01:04PM (#8148792)

>Scrum is however an actual methodology name.

I understand that, I'm just unsure of what benefit having scrums would be in this context, or whether that term is even appropriate for what is essentially an instructor introducing the next assignment (which never needed a special name before.)

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