Working through 'Writing A C Compiler'

Some time ago I decided I wanted to create a c compiler for the Hack processor in the nand2tetris book. After several dead end attempts that I might describe later I found this book : Writing a C Compiler | No Starch Press

I decided to work my way through it. I plan to do blog posts as I progress through it, probably chapter by chapter.

I have emailed the author a couple of times and have got helpful timely replies! – thank you

What makes the book so good?

Step by step

By the end of chapter 1 you have a working compiler. Each subsequent chapter adds more features. The chapter 1 compiler can only handle

int main(void){ return ; }

But it works producing a complete executable

Chapter 2 adds unary operators so we can now do something like.

int main(void){ return ~3; }

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