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Paperback: 801 pages
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; I.S.ed edition (December 2, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1558606998
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Compiler Construction for Digital Computers by David Gries on page 79, and Back Matter
Compiler Construction (Monographs in Computer Science) by William M. Waite in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Programming Languages by Allen Tucker in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Design and Optimization of Compilers (Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation) by Courant Computer Science Symposium New York 1971 5th in Back Matter
Computer Science Handbook, Second Edition by Allen B. Tucker in Back Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars Super compiler text!, February 21, 2005

By	Jos van Roosmalen (The Netherlands, Europe) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Engineering a Compiler (Hardcover)

This is really a super compiler text. It is also one of the most recent compiler books you can buy.

First of all this is a theoretical book. If you read the title 'Engineering a compiler' as 'Coding/Building a compiler' you would be disappointed! So, if you're looking for a learing-by-coding book, this is not for you (but I have some recommendations at the end of this review in the latest paragraph). The difference with most of the other theoretical books is that this book is not a dry text. It has also a nice layout. It gives plenty of examples, and all topics are well connected to each other. It's a pleasure to read for not native English people, so native English people can read it pretty fast.

This book read like a novel.. It does contain enough diagrams, tables, etc. but not too much (crowded), and everything is well explained.

You can read this book as a compiler introduction book. But I can only recommend this to B.Sc/M.Sc Computer Science students (like me). You don't need to have a M.Sc in Mathematics to understand this text, (all the math, eg. liveness graphs are well explained), but you will understand everything better if you have some background in algorithms (design), pseudocode, etc. like you gained during your B.Sc program. People without formal computer science education I would recommend to read a practical book first (see at the end of this review), because you may find else this text too theoretical.

This book focus on code optimizations. According to the authors (and me) compiler front ends (scanning/parsing/etc) are commodities today, and the backend (codegeneration) is where the difference is made nowadays. So if you're looking for a introduction text into compiler optimization this book is for you!

If you're looking for a more practical book I advice you to read 'Programming Language Processors in Java' from Watt & Brown. In that book you learn to build a nice stack virtual machine in Java with 'advanced features' like records (structs), procedures/functions, arrays and so on. That book is a good companion for 'Engineering a Compiler' to give you some practical insight. If you're looking for a Language Design book I advice you to look at 'Programming Language Pragmatics'. Both books are worth the money...

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4.0 out of 5 stars A great starter guide to writing a compiler, June 9, 2005

By	Todd King (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I recently used this book to supplement the Dragon book in a Compilers course. I found this book so much easier to read and understand. They do a great job of laying out the basics and introducing you to compiler design.

I also liked how they seemed to keep an open mind about which intermediate representation is best to use. They discuss the pros and cons of graphical IRs vs Linear IRs, and let you decide which best fits your needs.

Their open mindedness ended when it came to optimization though. I got the impression that the authors consider SSA (static single assignment) form to be the silver bullet of optimization. Almost all of the optimizations they discuss in this book rely on your IR being in SSA form! I agree that SSA form does indeed make many optimizations much easier, but there is a very high initial cost involved in converting to and from SSA form. In there defense they spend almost an entire chapter on how to do these conversions.

So to sum up, this book does a great job of introducing you to compiler design. It is well written and very easy to understand. It also does a good job of discussing different compiler design choices and their pros and cons. The only short coming of this book is that the entire optimization discussion is revolves around SSA form.

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4.0 out of 5 stars I'd rather call it "A guide for engineering a compiler", September 2, 2004

By	H. Kim (Worcester, MA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This book deals with all the issues you will face while engineering a MODERN compiler. Each subject is rather a brief instroduction than a thorough discussion, but detailed enough to give readers a good introduction working as a good pointer when you need a more detailed information.

Also the author tries very hard to cover as much subjects as possible you have to deal with when you design a language and implment a compiler for it.

I'd use this book not as a thorough compiler algorithm bible but as a guide to follow when implementing my compiler.
By following each chapter in the book, at least you will know what problems you should slove. If the problem is simple enough, the solution is in the book. For more complicated problems, you gotta dig into the internet.

In my opinion, this book is the best compiler engineering guide ever I read.

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