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user-inactivated · 4096 days ago · link · · parent · post: Best place to learn how to program in different languages
Most real compilers are written in C, but it's not the best language to teach compiler-writing in, since many students don't know C and it's a difficult enough subject without having to teach C too. That said, the Dragon Book is still the One True Compilers Text.
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user-inactivated · 4096 days ago · link ·
It's never true that you shouldn't study something, but yeah, that's going to be rough. I think I recall you mentioning being familiar with Scheme in another thread, in which case you might try Essentials of Programming Languages followed by Lisp in Small Pieces.