Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Nor Jaidi Tuah Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Good practical language and OS agnostic text? Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:30:25 +0800 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 18 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <12-04-055@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1335042944 21484 64.57.183.58 (21 Apr 2012 21:15:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:15:44 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: books Posted-Date: 21 Apr 2012 17:15:44 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:598 >I need a way to get started and I can't > seem to understand the math I have seen so far and I have nobody to > talk it over with so I really need something more practical. Perhaps our esteemed moderator can write "Compilers for Dummies". Seriously! Even people with computer science background are finding compilers difficult. CS has been dropping theoretical components in favor of some buzzword-filled modern replacements. I'm sure many cs students, who can cook up cool javascript animations in no time, find compiler books impossible to digest. Nice day Nor Jaidi Tuah [Unless you can identify at least 10,000 people who are likely to buy the book, the publisher can't afford to be interested. And I have to say that if you have CS degree and are unable to figure out what a LALR parser does, there's something wrong with your CS degree. -John]