171: Compilers and Interpreters

Intro topic: Monitor setups

News/Links:

• BlueScuti, Willis, beats Tetris
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5UuknsHU
• PalWorld accused of being an AI Product
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/01/22/palworld-accused-of-using-genai-with-no-evidence-so-far/?sh=26a9651b4239
• 4 Billion if-statements to determine if a number is even or odd
  • https://andreasjhkarlsson.github.io/jekyll/update/2023/12/27/4-billion-if-statements.html
• Seamless M4T
  • https://ai.meta.com/blog/seamless-m4t/
    
    

Book of the Show

• Patrick:
  • Foundation by Isaac Asimov
    • https://amzn.to/3SrmgnP
• Jason:
  • Propaganda by Edward Bernays
    • https://amzn.to/47JUCXJ

Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

Tool of the Show

• Patrick:
  • The Room Game
    • https://www.fireproofgames.com/games/the-room
• Jason:
  • Incredibuild
    • https://www.incredibuild.com/
      
      

Topic: Compilers and Interpreters (Request by Jessica W.)

• Machine Code
  • Architecture Specific
• Assembly
  • Single vs Two Pass Compiler
• High level Languages
  • Intermediate Representation
  • JVM ByteCode vs Machine Code for portability
• Scripting/Interpreters
• JIT
• Profile Guided Optimization
• Resources
  • https://www.craftinginterpreters.com/
  • https://nandgame.com/
  • Turing Complete

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