Re: Java compiler courses

George Neuner wrote:


>>IMO an understanding, of how compilers work, is a must for code
>>writers.
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>
> I agree with you and I happen to have a compiler specific education,
> but in practice all a performance developer needs is to understand how
> her particular compiler translates a particular program construct.


This is just *not* what I meant. IMO it's much easier to understand
e.g. how to write recursive procedures, when one has an idea of how
procedure calls (parameters, stackframes...) are translated into
machine code. Visibility rules for symbols, the difference between
static and dynamic initialization of variables, error messages, and
much more can be understood easier, when having an idea of how a
compiler works in general.


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