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[](the-super-tiny-compiler.js)
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***Welcome to The Super Tiny Compiler!***
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This is an ultra-simplified example of all the major pieces of a modern compiler
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written in easy to read JavaScript.
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Reading through the guided code will help you learn about how *most* compilers
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work from end to end.
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### [Want to jump into the code? Click here](the-super-tiny-compiler.js)
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### [You can also check it out on Glitch](https://the-super-tiny-compiler.glitch.me/)
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---
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### Why should I care?
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That's fair, most people don't really have to think about compilers in their day
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jobs. However, compilers are all around you, tons of the tools you use are based
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on concepts borrowed from compilers.
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### But compilers are scary!
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Yes, they are. But that's our fault (the people who write compilers), we've
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taken something that is reasonably straightforward and made it so scary that
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most think of it as this totally unapproachable thing that only the nerdiest of
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the nerds are able to understand.
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### Okay so where do I begin?
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Awesome! Head on over to the [the-super-tiny-compiler.js](the-super-tiny-compiler.js)
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file.
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### I'm back, that didn't make sense
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Ouch, I'm really sorry. Let me know how it can be improved.
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### Tests
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Run with `node test.js`
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---
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[](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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