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Lots of compiler tutorials are like this - there's very little out there to explain how compilers really work.

This is my effort - trying to show genuine data structures and processes.

Hey, I just skimmed through this, it seems to be brilliant!! Just one question, can one go through this tutorial without much knowledge about Ruby? Should one read it with 'Ruby Under a Microscope'? I have a decent enough knowledge about compilers, have gone through Thorsten Ball's, 'Writing an Interpreter in Go'.

Only need to know basic Ruby programming - no libraries or deep knowledge.

But the project is unfinished I’m afraid - you will find dead-ends.

Oh I see, thanks for the info!! I'll see what I can gain out of it. Thanks once again for the info!!

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