X1x1sec·Dec 26, 2023
A port of the tutorial's Pascal code to C which emits x86 assembly:
https://github.com/lotabout/Let-s-build-a-compiler
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Let-s-build-a-compiler
A C & x86 version of the "Let's Build a Compiler" by Jack Crenshaw
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7 sourcesKrenshaw's classic version is available in C.
https://github.com/lotabout/Let-s-build-a-compiler
In Let's write a compiler, part 1: Introduction, selecting a language, and planningReminds me of "Let's Build a Compiler"
https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/ circa 1995
And a new C version
https://github.com/lotabout/Let-s-build-a-compiler
In One-pass CompilerTry this from Crenshaw. Its old but just assumes basic programming skills (even if you olnly know javascript its close enough)
I manged to follow it when i was 14, when i found it on one of the newsgroups.
https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/
here is port of code to C https://github.com/lotabout/Let-s-build-a-compiler
In Why not to use (f)lex, yacc or bisonWell, the tutorial itself has received translations from m68k Turbo Pascal to x86 C :
https://github.com/lotabout/Let-s-build-a-compiler
In Let’s Build a Compiler (1995)This looks like something similar to Crenshaw's excellent tutorial of the same name:
https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/
and its x86 port: https://github.com/lotabout/Let-s-build-a-compiler
As interesting as Lisp-family languages are, I still think it's better to use something with more traditional syntax and start with parsing, because that both reaches a much wider audience and gives a very early introduction to thinking recursively --- the latter being particularly important for understanding of the process in general. A simple expression evaluator, that you can later turn into a JIT and then a compiler, is always a good first exercise.
In Let's Build a Compiler"Let's Build a Compiler" by Crenshaw: https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/
It's an old classic, using somewhat outdated technologies, but there are more moderns versions floating around, for example a C + x86 one: https://github.com/lotabout/Let-s-build-a-compiler
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