Re: why did you chose compiler development?

conway@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Thomas Charles CONWAY)
30 May 1997 23:08:37 -0400

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From: conway@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Thomas Charles CONWAY)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 30 May 1997 23:08:37 -0400
Organization: Comp Sci, University of Melbourne
References: 97-05-242 97-05-287 97-05-308
Keywords: practice

Andrew Tucker wrote:
> [ why did we all get into compiler development? ]


Do you remember how excited you were when you got your first program
to work? (My first program printed the numbers 1.. down the screen - I
remember quite clearly) It was such a buzz.


That buzz is nothing compared to getting a program which writes
programs to work.


Thomas
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Thomas Conway conway@cs.mu.oz.au
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