171: Compilers and Interpreters

Programming Throwdown

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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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