Post #1703364
2026-04-15 16:30 UTC
It is really shocking to me how often software engineers equate "building a compiler" purely with the front end (parsers, DSLs, syntax ergonomics)
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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz 2026-04-15 18:50
@j2kun That is all the more ironic for me, since yesterday someone posted a blog entry about the approach of doing compilers backend-first!
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@synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-15 18:55
@j2kun blame it on LLVM
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@benjamingeer@piaille.fr 2026-04-15 19:08
@j2kun @dougmerritt Robert Nystrom wrote, “Parsing doesn’t matter.” https://craftinginterpreters.com/compiling-expressions.html#design-note And personally I think the back end is more interesting and more fun!