[pjmlp]

I have a A* search algorithm and a toy compiler that I use exactly for the same purpose.

I just rewrite them all the time as means to get a feeling about programming languages.

I dumped a couple of other stuff on GitHub so that HR people are happy to get a link that they never read anyway.

Then I get back to Java and .NET at the office. :)

[jedimastert]

I've actually been considering adding a toy compiler to my collection of getting-up-to-speed projects, do you mind sharing what you think are good features?

[pjmlp]

Try to follow along the Tiger Book, in the variant that appeals to you.

https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~appel/modern/

It covers most areas quite alright even if a bit aged.

[spoiler]

Not OP, but there's also "crafting interpreters". In the second half of the book you emit bytecode for whatever language you designed in the first half, and also implement a VM for said bytecode.