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I love these articles as they are a big 'magical' to me. They make me wish I had gotten a CS degree.

You don't need a CS degree to enjoy this stuff or learn more! I do not have a CS degree, or any degree at all. It took me a few years before I built up the courage to write an interpreter or compiler but I was compelled by peers who had built their own (and didn't attend college either).

There are numerous bloggers who dig deeper into the implementation of things and explain them. You just have to start asking "how do I build X from scratch".

This is very much the case! I started tinkering with compilers around 4 years ago when I was 16. If it was possible for me to do then, I'm sure it's possible for anyone else to learn too.

When I write articles like these, I think of what I would have liked to have read when I was first getting into the topic at hand.

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