If you have to stop "early" please get through the simple DCE and LVN passes.

A solid basic-block level DCE & LVN optimization along with a judicious "compile time evaluator" (simple constant folding) will let you produce code at around 80% of the level of LLVM.

Obviously, you're not going to get the magic that comes of LLVM's scalar analysis pass, but you're not going to be embarrassed with your performance, either.

Yes! How should we organize this? Maybe start with an IRC channel?

> Anyone interested in following the course together during the holidays? To keep each other motivated etc.

Hey, don't forget my little "advent of code" too:

https://github.com/pfalcon/python-ast-hacking-challenges/iss...

"Convert Python source code to SSA form"

I'm interested. I'm writing a compiler-interpreter now but my broad compiler-construction chops are spotty and going through this systematically might be useful.

I would love to do so! I'm a masters student who has been wishing there was an advanced compilers course in my program, there's only the undergrad level one, so this is perfect! Let me know how I can get in contact.

I’m interested. I may not have the most relevant background, though — I’m a data scientist with an econometrics education. The topic really does interest me, though.

I'm game. My background is in math and not CS, so I can't say I'm certain I have the prerequisite knowledge.

I would love to join as well. Loop me in too, if there is IRC channel

Do you have a group for us to join?