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-# Compilers: How To Make a Programming Language
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-Other compiler-related topics out of scope:
-- What are programs anyway (Forth, LISP)
-- Computation: Turing machines, lambda calculus
-- Compiler optimization
-- GC (motivated by LISP)
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-aesthetics:
-- stay motivated; stick close to a c-like, imperative, procedural model because that's what people are used to
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-motivation / goals / what questions are we trying to answer:
-- I want to be able to make a toy procedural language.
-    - like C, Algol, JS, Lua, etc.
-    - possible user motivations:
-        - I want to make a game scripting language
-        - I want to make a DSL for my job (and I want syntax highlighting!)
-- I want to do simple static analysis of my projects
-
-ok what do we want to cover
-- classical compiler structure (lexer -> parser -> codegen)
-- semantic analysis / type checking
-- modern compiler structures (IR / SSA, optimization)
-- interpreters vs. JITs vs. AOTs vs. "transpilers"
-- executables and linkers
-- regular expressions?
-- regular languages / grammars / language structure / automata
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-the c compilation process
-- translation units
-- preprocessing -> (the whole compilation process) -> object files -> linking
-- c compilation model is not in favor any more, don't like compiling all these files separately
-- ABIs and FFI
-- should maybe be in separate article
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-experts / consultants:
-- Bill
-- NeGate
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-## The actual progression
-
-- Simple expression interpreter (parse and evaluate)
-- Classical compiler construction (lex -> parse -> output), semantic analysis / type checking
-    - motivation: complex structures! recursion! etc.
-    - many of these resources exist and cover different aspects of the process in different ways
-- Grammars and language structure
-- Types of output (interpreter vs. AOT vs. JIT, etc.)
-    - We can probably find resources on specific ones of these
-- Modern phases (IR / SSA)
-    - Mention WASM?
-- The terrors of the real world
-    - Executables, linkers, and debug info
-    - The C ABI and FFI
-    - Register allocation
-- C is not the only language
-    - LISP
-    - Forth
-    - This could be a whole topic maybe
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-## Link dump
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-- lua grammar: http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaGrammar
-- pascal railroad diagrams: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/novak/grammar.html
-- tons of links: https://github.com/aalhour/awesome-compilers
-- dragon book: http://ce.sharif.edu/courses/94-95/1/ce414-2/resources/root/Text%20Books/Compiler%20Design/Alfred%20V.%20Aho,%20Monica%20S.%20Lam,%20Ravi%20Sethi,%20Jeffrey%20D.%20Ullman-Compilers%20-%20Principles,%20Techniques,%20and%20Tools-Pearson_Addison%20Wesley%20(2006).pdf
-- expression parsing examples:
-    - pratt parsing and recursive descent: https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2011/03/19/pratt-parsers-expression-parsing-made-easy/
-    - dunno, not recursive descent: https://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/nelson/courses/csc_173/grammars/parsing.html
-- gary bernhardt's compiler from scratch: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts/catalog/a-compiler-from-scratch
-- lambda calculus interpreter: https://justine.lol/lambda/
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