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Andy Keep - Writing a Nanopass Compiler

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Compilers, interpreters & program analysisFunctional programming

What it is

Andy Keep's Clojure/Conj talk on writing a nanopass compiler, built from many single-task passes with formally defined intermediate languages. It covers the framework's origins in a compiler teaching course at Indiana University.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited alongside compiler-construction resources as the go-to talk on the nanopass approach used in Chez Scheme.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “Andrew Keep has a great talk on this approach [2].”

    Talk on building compilers from many simple passes, as in Chez Scheme.

    undecidabot, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “MLton Compiler Overview”

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Topics: nanopass, compilers, intermediate languages, chez scheme, clojure conj

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