Beginner's Question...

Hi everybody!


I am just adventuring in the area of making compilers, and I
must say it is a very big jump from using a compiler to making it :-)
I have been lurking and reading in these area for some time now, and I
have noticed the discussion comes back almost always to how
(time-)efficient is the parser (and maybe the rest of the compiling
steps except for the code generator).


My question is:


Is this problem a real problem in compiler theory and compiler making?
Why? It seems to me that it is more important for a compiler to
generate good and/or fast code, rather than compiling fast. Or maybe
there is a link between the two... If it is a too dumb question,
please reply personally!


Thanks,


Mihai Christodorescu
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