--- title: How Compilers Work | daily.dev description: Bob Nystrom wrote an amazing book called Crafting Interpreters, where he goes through how language implementations work. We’ll be giving a summary of one of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-compilers-work-zhaig3ugc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Compilers Work | daily.dev og:description: Bob Nystrom wrote an amazing book called Crafting Interpreters, where he goes through how language implementations work. 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Front end, middle end and back end of compilers and a breakdown of what each of these 3 parts do. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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