i tend to think of myself as a computing nerd, but posts like this one make me realize that i don't even rate on the computing nerd scale.

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throwaway1492 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you always make things about yourself? Have you written a parser or interpreter? You should, it’s an interesting exercise. The idea is to add meta tracing to the interpreter (the c code) that allows hot paths to be compiled to machine code and be then executed instead of being interpreted.

	▲	sgbeal 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Do you always make things about yourself? That's an abrasive question but i dare say that we all do. It's our only constant point of reference. > Have you written a parser or interpreter? i have written many parsers, several parser generators, and a handful of programming languages. This article, however, covers a whole other level, way over my head (or well beyond any of my ambitions, in any case). Pics or it didn't happen: fossil.wanderinghorse.net/r/cwal