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by shakna 3149 days ago
Lisp In Small Pieces would be my reccomendation. A relatively small book that takes you through writing 11 interpreters and 2 compilers.
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csl 3149 days ago
Is it really that friendly when starting out, though? I found it brilliant, but quite the challenging read. I'd rather just read chapters four and five of SICP [1] and move on to Queinnec as a follow-up on more advanced topics.

[1]: The book is free as well: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html...

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shakna 3149 days ago
To be honest, I found LISP to be a lot easier than SICP, but that's probably just some learning styles stuff at play.

SICP being freely available in both book form, and the lectures [0] makes it one of the best resources out there.

(I just never found it's section on compilers that helpful. Again, probably learning styles.)

[0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB63C06FAF154F047

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csl 3149 days ago
Maybe I need to reread LISP, then. I agree that SICP is laser-focused on Scheme, and thus leaves out general compilation techniques.
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