Re: Good practical language and OS agnostic text?

From	Tomasz Kowaltowski <tk@ic.unicamp.br>
Newsgroups	comp.compilers
Subject	Re: Good practical language and OS agnostic text?
Date	2012-04-22 09:55 -0300
Organization	Compilers Central
Message-ID	<12-04-067@comp.compilers> (permalink)

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> [... 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]

I agree with our moderator and am somewhat surprised by this
discussion.  IMHO compiler construction requires knowledge of many
different techniques and is usually an advanced course in CS
undergraduate programs.  Trying to do it without knowing the basics
and lots of experience may be an amusing pastime but cannot be
considered a serious endeavor.  I don't mean you necessarily need a
formal CS degree but you do have be able to read (and understand!)
more advanced material.

-- tk

PS: But literature review was very interesting!

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Re: Good practical language and OS agnostic text? Tomasz Kowaltowski <tk@ic.unicamp.br> - 2012-04-22 09:55 -0300
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