Module 5: Applications

1. Languages & Compilers#

• Goal: Learn how programming languages and compilers work to write better code.
• Core Text: Crafting Interpreters by Bob Nystrom.
• Video Lectures: Alex Aiken’s Compiler course on edX.
• Reference: Compilers: Principles, Techniques & Tools (The Dragon Book).

2. Distributed Systems#

• Goal: Reason about the trade-offs in systems that run across multiple machines.
• Core Text: Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA) by Martin Kleppmann.
• Video Lectures: MIT 6.824 (Robert Morris).
• Supplemental: Distributed Systems, 3rd Edition (van Steen & Tanenbaum).