[krtkush]

I wonder if it makes sense to do the nand2tetris course for an absolute beginner since it too has compiler creation in it.

[wartywhoa23]

I highly recommend nand2tetris to everyone. For me, nothing ever explained the whole domain from logic gates and inner workings of a CPU to compilers better than this course.

[atan2]

I think it's worth mentioning Gustavo Pezzi's lectures at pikuma.com. The one on "Digital Electronics" and the one on "Interpreters & Compilers" really helped me.

[wartywhoa23]

On a side note, why is imrozim's comment dead? What in the world is wrong with it? It's perfectly fine IMO.

[bmn__]

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[sn9]

nand2tetris only requires programming ability at the level of someone who's taken freshman level CS IIRC.

You could take Harvard's CS50 and then tackle it.