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		kryptiskt 32 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Build a Compiler in Five Projects I'm knee deep in clang at the moment and I'm so fed up with real compiler engineering. Give me Chez Scheme and the nanopass compiler any day. That is so much better than the big ball of mud that goes into a "real" compiler.

almostgotcaught 32 days ago [–]

..... Yes that's exactly my point that these cutesy books give a completely inaccurate picture of what the job is really like.

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