“If you don’t know how compilers work, then you don’t know how computers work. If you’re not 100% sure whether you know how compilers work, then you don’t know how they work.” — Steve Yegge There you have it. Think about it. It doesn’t really matter whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned software developer: if you don’t know how compilers and interpreters work, then you don’t know how computers wor