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 title: Daniel's Blog
+description: Daniel Fedorin's personal blog, covering topics such as functional programming, compiler development, and more!
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 ## Hello!
 Welcome to my blog. Here, I write about various subjects, including (but not limited to)

content/blog/00_compiler_intro.md

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 0 - Intro
 date: 2019-08-03T01:02:30-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this first post of a larger series, we embark on a journey of developing a compiler for a lazily evaluated functional language."
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 During my last academic term, I was enrolled in a compilers course.
 We had a final project - develop a compiler for a basic Python subset,

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 1 - Tokenizing
 date: 2019-08-03T01:02:30-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we tackle the first component of our compiler: tokenizing."
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 It makes sense to build a compiler bit by bit, following the stages we outlined in
 the first post of the series. This is because these stages are essentially a pipeline,

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 2 - Parsing
 date: 2019-08-03T01:02:30-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we combine our compiler's tokenizer with a parser, allowing us to extract structure from input source code."
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 In the previous post, we covered tokenizing. We learned how to convert an input string into logical segments, and even wrote up a tokenizer to do it according to the rules of our language. Now, it's time to make sense of the tokens, and parse our language.
 

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 3 - Type Checking
 date: 2019-08-06T14:26:38-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we allow our compiler to throw away invalid programs, detected using a monomorphic typechecking algorithm."
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 I think tokenizing and parsing are boring. The thing is, looking at syntax
 is a pretty shallow measure of how interesting a language is. It's like

content/blog/04_compiler_improvements.md

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 4 - Small Improvements
 date: 2019-08-06T14:26:38-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we take a little break from pushing our compiler forward to make some improvements to the code we've written so far."
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 We've done quite a big push in the previous post. We defined
 type rules for our language, implemented unification,

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 5 - Execution
 date: 2019-08-06T14:26:38-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we define the rules for a G-machine, the abstract machine that we will target with our compiler."
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 We now have trees representing valid programs in our language,

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 6 - Compilation
 date: 2019-08-06T14:26:38-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we enable our compiler to convert programs written in our functional language to G-machine instructions."
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 In the previous post, we defined a machine for graph reduction,
 called a G-machine. However, this machine is still not particularly

content/blog/07_compiler_runtime.md

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 7 - Runtime
 date: 2019-08-06T14:26:38-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we implement the supporting code that will be shared between all executables our compiler will create."
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 Wikipedia has the following definition for a __runtime__:
 

content/blog/08_compiler_llvm.md

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 8 - LLVM
 date: 2019-10-30T22:16:22-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we enable our compiler to convert G-machine instructions to LLVM IR, which finally allows us to generate working executables."
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 We don't want a compiler that can only generate code for a single

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 9 - Garbage Collection
 date: 2020-02-10T19:22:41-08:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we implement a garbage collector that frees memory no longer used by the executables our compiler creates."
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 > "When will you learn? When will you learn that __your actions have consequences?__"

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 10 - Polymorphism
 date: 2020-03-25T17:14:20-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we extend our compiler's typechecking algorithm to implement the Hindley-Milner type system, allowing for polymorphic functions."
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 [In part 8]({{< relref "08_compiler_llvm.md" >}}), we wrote some pretty interesting programs in our little language.

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 11 - Polymorphic Data Types
 date: 2020-04-14T19:05:42-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we enable our compiler to understand polymorphic data types."
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 [In part 10]({{< relref "10_compiler_polymorphism.md" >}}), we managed to get our
 compiler to accept functions that were polymorphically typed. However, a piece

content/blog/12_compiler_let_in_lambda/index.md

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 title: Compiling a Functional Language Using C++, Part 12 - Let/In and Lambdas
 date: 2020-04-20T20:15:16-07:00
 tags: ["C and C++", "Functional Languages", "Compilers"]
+description: "In this post, we extend our language with let/in expressions and lambda functions."
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