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Deep compiler knowledge is still interesting, but it is no longer useful to a working engineer in any meaningful sense.

Drawn from what Steve Yegge said

Subjectcompilers
What this subject means

compilers Programs that turn programs into programs: what a compiler can name, assembly, and building one that serves an editor.

Interesting
A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

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  1. Steve Yegge

    Software engineer of four decades who spent years at Amazon and Google

    I had a lot of my own ego and identity wrapped up in my sort of compiler background. It's all It's interesting, right? But it's it's not useful in any meaningful sense anymore.

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