• sugar_in_your_tea
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    4 days ago

    But there are junior compiler writers, they usually have Ph.Ds in compiler or language theory and work in a broader team that’s developing a new language or something. Building a compiler isn’t actually that hard, having it put out optimized code is, as is designing a language that maps well to compilers and is pleasant to use. It’s not a big field, but there are people across the experience spectrum.