> The authors promote using dozens or hundreds of compiler passes, each being as simple as possible.
This kind of approach can seem wrong, because it's breathtakingly, disturbingly inefficient, but it's an excellent way to break down a problem, so you can see it, play with it and understand it. It's much easier to write an efficient version once you know what the hell you're doing.
This kind of approach can seem wrong, because it's breathtakingly, disturbingly inefficient, but it's an excellent way to break down a problem, so you can see it, play with it and understand it. It's much easier to write an efficient version once you know what the hell you're doing.