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is on page 445 of 848
More difficult than anticipated. The pseudo codes seemed like an actual programming language initially - expunged a lot of time to understand them. The book has its own non hardware based ISA called ILOC. IR are analogous to middlewares with optimisation runs. Many old and exotic languages are refered to, such as FORTRAN. Implementation would help with few important topics. Skipped the advanced topics.
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Pawan
is on page 320 of 848
Way too many abstractions to keep track of simultaneously. There are references to the theory of computation, data structures (particularly graphs, tables and compression), language processing, computer architecture (which I tried reading once to learn about the caches: I and the Ds). Need to refer to the newest edition.
This can wait - discounts on chocolates might be up already.
— Feb 14, 2026 08:40PM
This can wait - discounts on chocolates might be up already.
Pawan
is on page 286 of 848
It is one thing to read, but another to keep track of all that is explained, lest it blows out of proportion to understanding in no time. Trees and tables are relatable; grammar from linguistics, and a dash of architecture (which needs revisiting). It would be more enjoyable to create one for a simple high level procedure or refer to another. Ich bin flummoxed.
— Dec 18, 2025 07:42PM
