CS 6120: Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course

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  • pretty_laughable_lang

    An educational C-like toy programming language that compiles to x64 binary.

  • Compiling to machine code is not that hard once you get to the IR or bytecode phase, check out this toy compiler:

    https://github.com/byo-books/pretty_laughable_lang/

  • x86doc

    HTML representation of the Intel x86 instructions documentation.

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  • Essentials-of-Compilation

    A book about compiling Racket and Python to x86-64 assembly

  • https://github.com/IUCompilerCourse/Essentials-of-Compilatio...

    You can find a PDF and the associated course with a very minimal amount of following links.

    If you are thinking of making your own language, it's also good to learn something about programming language theory, if you don't already. Many languages make mistakes that have been solved 25+ years ago. PLAI is good for that: https://www.plai.org/

  • https://github.com/IUCompilerCourse/Essentials-of-Compilatio...

    You can find a PDF and the associated course with a very minimal amount of following links.

    If you are thinking of making your own language, it's also good to learn something about programming language theory, if you don't already. Many languages make mistakes that have been solved 25+ years ago. PLAI is good for that: https://www.plai.org/

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