Learning how programming languages work

Question

I\'ve been programming for years (mainly Python), but I don\'t understand what happens behind the scenes when I compile or execute my code.

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Answer 1

This site has a great series of lectures on the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, which is exactly the type of thing you are wanting to learn. The accompanying textbook is useful too, tho i havent personally read thru the whole thing. I think watching the lectures is pretty good, gets you about 60% of the way there.