Tom S wrote: > Walter Bright wrote: >> language_fan wrote: >>> This information is also taught in basic university level compiler >>> courses. >> >> I bet only a tiny fraction of programmers have taken university >> compiler classes. (Also, they were not covered in compiler classes I >> took.) Consider also that the Java JVM doesn't support static links, >> and last I heard the .NET IL didn't, either. > > Some universities don't even have compiler classes. Mine only covered > basic parsing. > > Thanks for the article, Walter! :)
Wollongong has a compiler course. They just never run it due to complete and total lack of interest in the student body. People are no fun WHATSOEVER.
