A Deep Dive into Scalac

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Covers how scalac transforms Scala source into Java bytecode by walking through key compiler phases (the famous ~27 phases). Explains scalac’s codebase layout, how sbt integrates with the compiler, and how compiler plugins work. Concludes with a live-coding demo showing how to start modifying and hacking on the scalac codebase.

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