Introduction to Compilers and Language Design

Love such topics and articles in midst of AI topics/noise.

Took Dr. Thain's compilers class in college! It was the best. He's an excellent instructor, and the course project made me build a working C-style compiler step by step. I think the sample project here is pretty much the project we did; highly recommend following through the entire thing!

Just scannning the table of contents and I don't see any of the major topics of language design. It seems to be more like just "intro to compilers"

According to the introduction, the dragon book is at an advanced graduate level?

it wanders within a tight circle around C and its idiosyncrasies.

Good read. Impressive how ot sharpens past knowledge with great examples.

Sometimes I see people who design languages and build compilers, and I find them truly amazing. I once tried making a language myself because I was curious, but it was so difficult that I just settled for a simple C backend. The people contributing to LLVM probably know everything down to assembly generation. they're truly incredible.

Compilers teaching materials often skip practical concerns. This resource covers the fundamentals well — would be helpful to see more on optimization passes and code generation trade-offs.