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4.0 out of 5 stars
A must have, 12 July 2006
This review is from: Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools (Paperback)
This book is a bible for compiler study and development, one of the best references available.
It starts by explaining what is a compiler and how it works and gives an example of a simple compiler before getting to each phase in detail.
It really is a very good book, and I don't give it 5 stars only because it is not very clear, sometimes the examples are confusing and not very well explained (LR Parsers for example are very hard to follow if you don't have other references).
If you are interested in understanding how a compiler works, this book is ideal and you'll be very satisfied, but if you plan to develop a compiler this book will "only" give you the (very important) theoretical grounds.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book for introduction to compilers, 30 Jan 2002
This review is from: Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools (Paperback)
Although this book was published in 1986 but todate remains the best book on the various aspects of compiler design and theory. The book is not be treated as a practical guide. It gives you a sound theoretical foundation. You have to use another book, may be by Appel, for more practical approach. The only flaw with this book is that its got flavor for PASCAL which was pretty much the norm when it was first published. Also, the book draws its contents from the numerous papers published in 70's and 80's when compiler construction was a hot topic. But, again the problems dealt in the book are pretty much generic to all programming languages. Another deficiency with the book is its treatment of Object Oriented Programming languages.But, all in all the best book till date for laying the foundation of compilers.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a favourite of mine, 27 Jun 2005
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looks like such a weedy book on first glance, especially next to my knuth boxset! but the depth is quite astounding. the amount devoted to icode, code generation and optimization is impressive in the latter chapters. this book is a little mathematical and abstract and maybe a little off putting to someone looking for a step by step recipe for a compiler, but i tell you, suck it up and learn the maths. you will find it well worth the investment...
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