{"id":13329,"date":"2025-05-10T13:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=13329"},"modified":"2025-05-10T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:14:57","slug":"driving-compilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2025\/05\/10\/driving-compilers\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Compilers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Fabien Sanglard<\/strong> wrote a very interesting series of articles about compilers, starting  from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fabiensanglard.net\/dc\/index.php\">Driving Compilers<\/a><\/em> then<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fabiensanglard.net\/dc\/driver.php\">The Compiler Driver<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fabiensanglard.net\/dc\/cpp.php\">The Preprocessor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fabiensanglard.net\/dc\/cc.php\">The Compiler<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fabiensanglard.net\/dc\/ld.php\">The Linker<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fabiensanglard.net\/dc\/loader.php\">Loader<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>A must-read for any programmer worth this name!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Fabien Sanglard wrote a very interesting series of articles about compilers, starting from Driving Compilers then A must-read for any programmer worth this name!<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2025\/05\/10\/driving-compilers\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legenda"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-3sZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5972,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2019\/09\/14\/peek-into-the-compilers-code-lots-of-compilers\/","url_meta":{"origin":13329,"position":0},"title":"Peek Into The Compiler\u2019s Code \u2014 Lots Of Compilers","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2019-09-14","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2019\/09\/13\/peek-into-the-compilers-code-lots-of-compilers\/","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Software&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Software","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/category\/software\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12124,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2024\/12\/12\/common-misconceptions-about-compilers\/","url_meta":{"origin":13329,"position":1},"title":"Common Misconceptions about Compilers","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2024-12-12","format":false,"excerpt":"A curated list of misconceptions about mainstream compilers. 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