HN works best for discovery of interesting fields/material. That's why short pieces like the OP get up-voted: if someone hasn't looked at assembly before, they might learn a thing or two. The problem with what you submitted is that there's no easy way to verify its quality, because 1. The author isn't well-known and 2. It's too long (and there's little incentive) for someone knowledgeable to go through it and post a thumbs up in the comments.
If I seriously want to learn about compilation, I'll just Google site:news.ycombinator.com compiler books, and grab the top recommendations.
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HN works best for discovery of interesting fields/material. That's why short pieces like the OP get up-voted: if someone hasn't looked at assembly before, they might learn a thing or two. The problem with what you submitted is that there's no easy way to verify its quality, because 1. The author isn't well-known and 2. It's too long (and there's little incentive) for someone knowledgeable to go through it and post a thumbs up in the comments.
If I seriously want to learn about compilation, I'll just Google site:news.ycombinator.com compiler books, and grab the top recommendations.