#compilers

SSA from bytecode: imperative pearl https://lobste.rs/s/x5uq91 #compilers https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/ssa-bytecode/

Adapting CPython for yk https://lobste.rs/s/gejy85 #compilers #python https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2026/adapting_cpython_for_yk.html

Zero-initialisation shenanigans via @nytpu@tilde.zone https://lobste.rs/s/atrnvk #c #compilers https://napcakes.nekoweb.org/posts/zero-init/

How to prove equations using diagrams, part 3 https://lobste.rs/s/dr5zrz #compilers #math #plt https://www.epatters.org/post/e-graphs-3/

How to prove equations using diagrams, part 1 https://lobste.rs/s/jvicvb #compilers #math #plt https://www.epatters.org/post/e-graphs-1/

A Quick Guide to Go's Assembler https://lobste.rs/s/o0e2wj #assembly #compilers #go https://go.dev/doc/asm

How to speed up the Rust compiler in November 2026 via @PolyWolf@social.treehouse.systems https://lobste.rs/s/ecrqpy #compilers #rust https://nnethercote.github.io/2026/11/04/how-to-speed-up-the-rust-compiler-in-november-2026.html

A Second Futamura Projection via @abnv@fantastic.earth https://lobste.rs/s/ihvhfk #compilers #plt https://blog.veitheller.de/A_Second_Futamura_Projection.html

Pratt parsing is a black box https://lobste.rs/s/bzazar #compilers #plt https://vinipsmaker.github.io/blog/article/pratt-parsing-is-a-black-box/

Beating the compiler at signed 32-bit division https://lobste.rs/s/ep5vsq #compilers #performance https://lemire.me/blog/2026/10/31/beating-the-compiler-at-signed-32-bit-division/

A brief history of just-in-time (2003) via @fanf@mendeddrum.org https://lobste.rs/s/h6dt6e #pdf #compilers #historical https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/857076.857077

Speeding up GPU copies by permuting iteration spaces, or, optimising the identity function via @fanf@mendeddrum.org https://lobste.rs/s/1abkzu #compilers https://futhark-lang.org/blog/2026-10-31-faster-copying.html

Switch lowering in GCC https://lobste.rs/s/ncclwy #compilers #performance https://xoranth.net/gcc-switch/

The case for compiler-friendly custom operations: MLIR's Linalg rationale (2020) https://lobste.rs/s/hgmtlq #compilers https://mlir.llvm.org/docs/Rationale/RationaleLinalgDialect/

The Shift of Theseus — Toy Bit Provenance Abstract Domain https://lobste.rs/s/kvije8 #compilers https://www.pypy.org/posts/2026/10/toy-bit-provenance.html

Finding panics with Call Graph Analyzer https://lobste.rs/s/opqtiv #compilers #rust https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/242/finding-panics-with-call-graph-analyzer/

Two musings on the design of compiler warnings (2020) https://lobste.rs/s/kfaimp #compilers https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2020/09/02/wparentheses/

Big Runtimes Make Efficient Programs https://lobste.rs/s/g5k2pc #video #compilers #java #performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhDwy1eCXbs

An Incremental Approach to JIT Construction via @bd103@hachyderm.io https://lobste.rs/s/hmtqfl #pdf #compilers #education https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3830440.3832304

The glorious @xkcdRandom Zig builtin https://lobste.rs/s/5hoqzj #compilers #zig https://ochagavia.nl/blog/the-glorious-@xkcdrandom-zig-builtin/