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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 listening to music, I also love going to concerts, which sadly is not possible right now.  Lately I've found myself enjoying quite a lot music by Bon Iver and Noah Kahan. Cinema and videogames are also two things that I really like, I'm also watching a series called This Is Us which is pretty good and very emotional, a real tear jerker, but totally recommend it. I'm trying to get into reading lately and a book that really got me hooked is a memoire written by Matthew Mcconaughey called Green Lights, it talks about his personal experiences and what they have taught him, his narration style is pretty good and I'm really enjoying it.

I think that pretty much describes the things that I love the most right now, but hopefully we can share more as the course goes on. 

Thanks for reading, cheers. 

 


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