Nora Sandler

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Nora Sandler is a software engineer in Seattle with interests in compilers, security, and poetry.

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norasandler.com

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Software engineer Compiler Engineer Computer Scientist

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Compilers Security Dogs Poetry Advice columns

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Giuliano Jakob L. Kreuze

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2024-08-20 •

The book 'Writing a C Compiler' is now available for sale and has been available directly from No Starch Press for a few weeks. The author expresses gratitude to the readers who preordered and shared feedback. The book is project-...

2023-10-17 •

The author provides updates on the release of their upcoming book 'Writing a C Compiler', including a delay in the release date until mid-2024 and the availability of the entire book for early access to preorders. The author also ...

2022-03-29 •

The 'Writing a C Compiler' series is now a book, titled 'Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch'. It is a hands-on guide to writing a C compiler, covering basics, types, optimizations, and more. The b...

2019-02-18 •

The post discusses the implementation of global variables in a C compiler. It explains the process of handling global variables, the memory layout of a running program, and the code generation for global variables. It also covers ...

2018-06-27 •

The post discusses adding function calls to a C compiler, including calling conventions, stack frames, and support for function parameters and forward declarations. It also covers function declarations, limitations, lexing, parsin...

2018-04-10 •

The post is the eighth in a series about C Compiler. It discusses the implementation of loops, including for loops, while loops, do loops, break, continue, and null statements. It also covers the addition of keywords in the lexing...

2018-03-14 •

The post is an update on the C Compiler series, focusing on adding support for compound statements. It explains the concept of compound statements, lexical scoping, and the process of lexing, parsing, and code generation for compo...

2018-02-25 •

The post discusses the implementation of conditional statements and expressions in a C compiler. It explains the syntax and functionality of if statements and ternary conditional expressions, as well as the necessary updates to th...

2018-01-08 •

The post discusses the process of writing a C compiler, focusing on adding support for local variables. It explains the changes needed in the AST, grammar, and code generation to handle variable declaration, assignment, and refere...

2017-12-28 •

The text is part 4 of a series on writing a C compiler. It covers adding boolean and relational operators, updating lexing, parsing, and code generation passes to support these operations. It also discusses the short-circuiting of...