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Writing a Simple Programming Language from Scratch - Part 1

Writing a Simple Programming Language from Scratch - Part 1

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Compilers, and how to write one !

Compilers, and how to write one !

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What is a Lexer, Anyway?

What is a Lexer, Anyway?

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How do template literals in JavaScript work under the hood?

How do template literals in JavaScript work under the hood?

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Crafting IDE-Ready Compilers

Crafting IDE-Ready Compilers

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High Level Overview of Compiler Design

High Level Overview of Compiler Design

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Marko: Designing a UI Language

Marko: Designing a UI Language

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Improving Elm's compiler output

Improving Elm's compiler output

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Compiler Series Part 2: GCC

Compiler Series Part 2: GCC

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Compiler Series Part 1: Introduction

Compiler Series Part 1: Introduction

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How Compiling Code Works

How Compiling Code Works

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Lossless Syntax Trees

Lossless Syntax Trees

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Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) - Explained in Plain English

Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) - Explained in Plain English

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The Power of Elm in JavaScript

The Power of Elm in JavaScript

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Compiler Series Part 3: Rust

Compiler Series Part 3: Rust

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Incremental compilation for Crystal - Part 1

Incremental compilation for Crystal - Part 1

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Parsers for Dummies

Parsers for Dummies

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How To Create Your Own Programming Language

How To Create Your Own Programming Language

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🕶 What it takes to build a Static Analysis tool

🕶 What it takes to build a Static Analysis tool

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Writing a Simple Programming Language from Scratch - Part 2

Writing a Simple Programming Language from Scratch - Part 2

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Stricter TypeScript compilation with Betterer

Stricter TypeScript compilation with Betterer

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Incremental compilation for Crystal - Part 3

Incremental compilation for Crystal - Part 3

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Compiler Series Part 4: Designing the SIMPLE language and compiler

Compiler Series Part 4: Designing the SIMPLE language and compiler

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Revealing the magic of AST by writing babel plugins

Revealing the magic of AST by writing babel plugins

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Incremental compilation for Crystal - Part 2

Incremental compilation for Crystal - Part 2

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The Art of Transpilers - From One Programming Language to Another

The Art of Transpilers - From One Programming Language to Another

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Writing a Simple Programming Language from Scratch - Part 3

Writing a Simple Programming Language from Scratch - Part 3

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Learning Compilers & Interpreters

Learning Compilers & Interpreters

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Speeding up ReScript compilation using interface files

Speeding up ReScript compilation using interface files

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Compiler Series Part 5: Lexical analysis

Compiler Series Part 5: Lexical analysis

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ELI5: Why self-host a compiler?

ELI5: Why self-host a compiler?

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Let's create a mini programming language!

Let's create a mini programming language!

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Crafting a Compiler in Rust: Introduction

Crafting a Compiler in Rust: Introduction

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Crafting a Compiler in Rust: Lexical Analysis

Crafting a Compiler in Rust: Lexical Analysis

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The Feral Programming Language

The Feral Programming Language

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You Can Invent Javascript Scopes

You Can Invent Javascript Scopes

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What is an ELF file?

What is an ELF file?

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The First Two Weeks: A Compiler Writing Journey

The First Two Weeks: A Compiler Writing Journey

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More on error handling in C3

More on error handling in C3

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Create Your Own Programming Language 1: Numbers

Create Your Own Programming Language 1: Numbers

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Writing a mathematical expression evaluator in Java

Writing a mathematical expression evaluator in Java

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Introduction to Programming - Compiler and Interpreter

Introduction to Programming - Compiler and Interpreter

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PEG and Pratt play well together

PEG and Pratt play well together

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From Source to Binaries: The journey of a C++ program

From Source to Binaries: The journey of a C++ program

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A new error handling paradigm for C3

A new error handling paradigm for C3

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Two awesome Rust warnings

Two awesome Rust warnings

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Processo de criação de uma linguagem de programação

Processo de criação de uma linguagem de programação

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Implementing "defer"

Implementing "defer"

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Macros in C3 - a status update

Macros in C3 - a status update

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LaTeX documents

LaTeX documents

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References to Literals in Rust?!

References to Literals in Rust?!

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Bitcoin and the claim of Total Turingness.

Bitcoin and the claim of Total Turingness.

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Programs Split Over Multiple Files (featuring Troels Henriksen)

Programs Split Over Multiple Files (featuring Troels Henriksen)

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Calling a private Rust function from outside of its module

Calling a private Rust function from outside of its module

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A zoo of casts

A zoo of casts

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A Compiler optimization area

A Compiler optimization area

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Static vs dynamic linking

Static vs dynamic linking

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Create Your Own Programming Language 3: Call Expressions

Create Your Own Programming Language 3: Call Expressions

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Introduction to Reproducible Builds

Introduction to Reproducible Builds

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Improving Compiler Performance with Profile Guided Optimization

Improving Compiler Performance with Profile Guided Optimization

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