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TMG (language): A self-hosted compiler from scratch on paper

by michaelwww on 10/15/22, 8:23 PM with 1 comments

  • by michaelwww on 10/15/22, 8:28 PM

    Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighan at VCF East 2019 (min 39, sec 46)

    https://youtu.be/EY6q5dv_B-o?t=2386

    Describes how Douglas McIlroy designed a language, wrote a compiler in the language that he designed that didn't exist yet and hand converted this compiler to assembly. Ken Thompson says it's one of the most impressive things he's ever seen in his life.