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Comment by RossBencina

4 days ago

> Only in c or c++ world people act like understanding how compiler internals work (often poorly) is desired

I think this says more about other parts of the developer ecosystem than about C and C++. Understanding how the compilers work (and how CPUs work) is fundamental to software development.

>Understanding how the compilers work (and how CPUs work) is fundamental to software development.

Well, you can get very, very far without understanding compiler passes and how CPUs work