From: Philip Rhoades <phil@...>
Date: 2010-10-06T01:15:32+09:00
Subject: Re: how can we make a ruby compiler

Bill,


On 2010-10-06 02:59, William Rutiser wrote:
> Rick DeNatale wrote:
>>
>> And Gerald Sussman went on to write, with Julie Sussman and Harold
>> Abelson, "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" which
>> should be an eye-opener to anyone who has thought of C as the
>> prototypical programming language.
> Thanks to MIT's open course ware program, 21 hours of video of Sussman
> and Abelson teaching a course of the same name are available here:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E18841CABEA24090
>
> Links to the book itself and other information are here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs


What level of programmer is this stuff aimed at?  I want a Ruby compiler 
(see previous message) but am interested generally and would like to 
know more but I am a biologist and not really a serious low-level coder . .

Thanks,

Phil.
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