Thanks for the links, Hendrick and Matt! The holidays gave me some time to learn about things that I had put on the back burner all year, so this is great timing.
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 2:57 PM Matt Jadud <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 12:40 PM Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 09:46:21AM -0600, Tim Meehan wrote: >> I found a book by Dick Grune et al to be somewhat lighter than the dragon >> book. Looking online, I discoered I was thinking of the first edition. >> I >> haven't seen the second edition, but I'd guess the second edition would >> be >> similar, though it has rather more material: >> >> https://dickgrune.com/Books/MCD_1st_Edition/ >> https://dickgrune.com/Books/MCD_2nd_Edition/ >> >> When I saw the first edition, I decided that if I were teaching an >> introductory course in compilers, I would use it as textbook. >> >> > I've been fond of > > https://www.nand2tetris.org/ > > for a while as a "soup to nuts" overview of computation from the NAND gate > up through a simple computer, a simplified assembly language, assembler, > compiler, VM, and so on. It's not an advanced text, but it does provide a > hands-on bottom-to-top view of the computational world that can help orient > someone who is exploring the space. > > It's also why I keep wondering when I'm going to break down and pick up a > little FPGA board for myself and just play. :) > > Cheers, > Matt > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAAGM454t_FNXj8RHTbLuC1pe-14i-rF%3DyQ_B%2BmSvoE4DGUyMAw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAAGM454t_FNXj8RHTbLuC1pe-14i-rF%3DyQ_B%2BmSvoE4DGUyMAw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CACgrOx%2B6Bf4bTB_iBfK5OZ9Fia_igDM7CkCDzJ2aEuULCMZDYg%40mail.gmail.com.

