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Compilers... What do I get out of it

 Hello everyone, in today's blog we'll be discussing an article written by author Saumya Debray. In this article Saumya states the importance of learning compiler design for a computer science student, I found myself very related to how he says that as students we often see this class as knowledge that won't do much for us in our professional lives, since I really don't see myself designing and coding compilers for a living. But it is quite interesting to change perspective on the matter with this article, see it as practices and knowledge to be used universally, not only to design a compiler but to any form of translation.  Personally the one example that stood out the most to me was the database implemented for hospitals in which they would use a query system based on natural language. This could be something very useful under a lot of situations and for starters making it easier for a doctor to do their job. The whole process behind it and how Saumya explains it made

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                                   Hi, some of you may already know me and for those of you who don't, my name is Irving, currently on my 8th semester, almost at the finish line. I'm very intrigued and somewhat nervous for this course and all the theory there is to it. What I expect from it is to fully understand how it is that we build our programs, the process that goes behind every compilation we do and how is it that our computer understands all these procedures. Compilers are something that are still very abstract and mysterious for me, and to be honest I don't quite understand everything that goes behind them, hopefully by the end of this course, I'll be able to explain at full extent how is it that they function and use this to my advantage when developing any type of program.  Some few things I'd like you to know about me are that I'm really passionate about music, I know a lot of people say this but I really find myself being the happiest while liste