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		saagarjha 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How do modern compilers choose which variables to ... Compilers are of course on of the purest applications of theoretical computer science.

stkdump 11 months ago [–]

Just that none of the parsing methods I learned are actually used commonly in most real compilers.

saagarjha 11 months ago | [–]

Applying pure computer science to real-world problems is of course its own field of study ;)

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