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		rurban 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Want to write a compiler? Just read these two pape... Instead of Lisp in Small Pieces I'd recommend SICP instead. No continuation passing, but much better written.

pjmlp 16 days ago [–]

And no information on how to actually do a compiler, end to end, only a self hosted interpreter.

The authors don't have the same audience in mind.

I would recommend both, one is about actual Lisp compilers, the other alternative computation models.

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