Skip to content

If you don't know how compilers work, then you don't know how computers work

steve-yegge.blogspot.com
2 pointslemonberry2 comments
On HN

Comments

(2007) and the actual title is "Rich Programmer Food" which has been submitted in the past (under the correct title) a few times with some good discussions:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

Complete quote:

Gentle, yet insistent executive summary: If you don't know how compilers work, then you don't know how computers work. If you're not 100% sure whether you know how compilers work, then you don't know how they work.

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.