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Hardcover: 856 pages
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (17 Sep 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1558603204
ISBN-13: 978-1558603202
Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 18.8 x 4.4 cm

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From the Foreword by Susan L. Graham:

This book takes on the challenges of contemporary languages and
architectures, and prepares the reader for the new compiling problems that
will inevitably arise in the future.

The definitive book on advanced compiler design

This comprehensive, up-to-date work examines advanced issues in the design
and implementation of compilers for modern processors. Written for
professionals and graduate students, the book guides readers in designing
and implementing efficient structures for highly optimizing compilers for
real-world languages. Covering advanced issues in fundamental areas of
compiler design, this book discusses a wide array of possible code
optimizations, determining the relative importance of optimizations, and
selecting the most effective methods of implementation.

* Lays the foundation for understanding the major issues of advanced
compiler design

* Treats optimization in-depth

* Uses four case studies of commercial compiling suites to illustrate
different approaches to compiler structure, intermediate-code design, and
optimization-these include Sun Microsystems's compiler for SPARC, IBM's for
POWER and PowerPC, DEC's for Alpha, and Intel's for Pentium an related
processors

* Presents numerous clearly defined algorithms based on actual cases

* Introduces Informal Compiler Algorithm Notation (ICAN), a language devised
by the author to communicate algorithms effectively to people

About the Author

After an early career as a professor of computer science, Steven Muchnick applied his knowledge of compilers as a vital member of the teams that developed two computer architectures, PA-RISC at Hewlett-Packard and SPARC at Sun Microsystems. Upon completion of the initial work on each architecture, he served as the leader of the advanced compiler design and implementation groups for these systems.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very clear, 2 Jan 2006

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Muchnick's book focuses entirely on code generation and optimization - appropriately so, since there's nothing terribly new to say about lexical analysis or parsing nowadays. The great strength of the book is that it covers modern, industrial-strength optimization techniques in a clear and comprehensible way, providing detailed pseudo-code implementations for most algorithms. It's dense, algorithm-heavy stuff, but surprisingly accessible and practical - much more so than most compiler texts. You probably wouldn't want this as a first compiler book (I'd suggest Appel's Modern Compiler Implementation) but if you need to work on a real optimizing compiler I know of no better text.

Incidentally the previous review by 'smsilver' seems nonsensical to me - this is in no sense a 'thrown together' collection of papers. It may well not provide new and original techniques to the field (I'm not qualified to judge) but it's a clearly written as a unit by a single author.

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2.0 out of 5 stars This is no dragon book, 24 May 1998

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I was excited when I first scanned through a friends copy of this book because of its treatment of modern compiler design issues. I ran out, ordered the book, read through it more carefully and realized that it was nothing more than a collection of papers. There would be nothing wrong with this if it were so advertised. The book lacks original analysis. I wouldn't stedfastly say DON'T by this, but, I would say you might be better off just going to your local college CS library and grabbing all the relevant papers referened in the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for people who have progressed beyond the Dragon, 1 Oct 2001

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An excellent book that gives an in depth treatment of writing modern compilers - including all the optimisation techniques.

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