Revisiting "Let's Build a Compiler"
2 days ago
- #programming
- #tutorial
- #compilers
- The Let's Build a Compiler series by Jack Crenshaw (1988-1995) remains influential despite its age and outdated technologies.
- The tutorial was translated to Python and emits WebAssembly, making it more accessible to modern programmers.
- The tutorial's effectiveness lies in its conversational style, recursive-descent parser approach, and immediate code generation.
- Syntax-directed translation is used, but it shows limitations with types and optimization.
- The tutorial is a great introduction to compiler building, and the GitHub repository provides a modernized version for current readers.