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ELI5: Why self-host a compiler?

ELI5: Why self-host a compiler?

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Improving Elm's compiler output

Improving Elm's compiler output

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How Compiling Code Works
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How Compiling Code Works

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Use JFlex to Count Words

Use JFlex to Count Words

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Meet JFlex

Meet JFlex

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Have you ever designed your own language?

Have you ever designed your own language?

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Letting the compiler tell you what to do - an example using Rust

Letting the compiler tell you what to do - an example using Rust

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ECMAScript 6 and up in 2019
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ECMAScript 6 and up in 2019

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Trying out Transcrypt
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Trying out Transcrypt

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Compilers 108 – Code Generation

Compilers 108 – Code Generation

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Learn how to contribute to the TypeScript compiler on GitHub through a real-world example

Learn how to contribute to the TypeScript compiler on GitHub through a real-world example

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A Most Perfect Union: Just-In-Time Compilers

A Most Perfect Union: Just-In-Time Compilers

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A Deeper Inspection Into Compilation And Interpretation

A Deeper Inspection Into Compilation And Interpretation

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Reading Code Right, With Some Help From The Lexer

Reading Code Right, With Some Help From The Lexer

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Grammatically Rooting Oneself With Parse Trees

Grammatically Rooting Oneself With Parse Trees

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How I accidentally wrote an awesome HTML Preprocessor

How I accidentally wrote an awesome HTML Preprocessor

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A zoo of casts

A zoo of casts

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Aaargh!! - Macros, Parse Transforms and others @ Erlang Battleground
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Aaargh!! - Macros, Parse Transforms and others @ Erlang Battleground

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Unbalanced Parentheses

Unbalanced Parentheses

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You Can Invent Javascript Scopes

You Can Invent Javascript Scopes

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PEG and Pratt play well together

PEG and Pratt play well together

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How similar is the execution of Java and JavaScript?

How similar is the execution of Java and JavaScript?

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Leveling Up One’s Parsing Game With ASTs

Leveling Up One’s Parsing Game With ASTs

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