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saagarjha
on Feb 17, 2025
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How do modern compilers choose which variables to ...
Compilers are of course on of the purest applications of theoretical computer science.
stkdump
on Feb 17, 2025
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Just that none of the parsing methods I learned are actually used commonly in most real compilers.
saagarjha
on Feb 19, 2025
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Applying pure computer science to real-world problems is of course its own field of study ;)
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