> Most graduates of Computer Science programs can, perhaps with some trouble, implement a half decent C compiler in a weekend or two.
Probably not. Compiler design (lexical+syntactical analysis and code generation) isn't covered by most basic CS bachelor's programs.
Theoretically, a CompSci graduate should be able to reference the necessary materials, ingest the theory and make a basic multipass, non-optimizing C compiler. But I would still be skeptical of a good chunk of recent (as in, lack of experience; not year of graduation) graduates; and would assume that it would take >4 days ("two weekends").
Me and my 1 group-mate had a working compiler at the end. It took a whole semester, sure I was taking other classes and doing other things, but it certainly took more than 2 weekends worth of work (maybe if you count raw hours, 96 in total...).
Probably not. Compiler design (lexical+syntactical analysis and code generation) isn't covered by most basic CS bachelor's programs.
Theoretically, a CompSci graduate should be able to reference the necessary materials, ingest the theory and make a basic multipass, non-optimizing C compiler. But I would still be skeptical of a good chunk of recent (as in, lack of experience; not year of graduation) graduates; and would assume that it would take >4 days ("two weekends").