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		verdverm on June 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why Take a Compiler Course? Because PL and compilers are interesting pieces of technology most use without understanding. Languages has become my favorite CS subject, my company is built around some ideas of transpilation.

maniksrr on June 25, 2019 [–]

Is it safe to assume we still have jobs for compiler concepts?

verdverm on June 26, 2019 | [–]

Yea, the nature of jobs is always changing, but I think the low level CS is safer than the webdev branch of the field.

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