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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
Compilers Principles Techniques and Tools Author:Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman Anyone interested in compiler design is familiar with "the Dragon Book," Principles of Compiler Design, by Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman. The dragon book was a landmark text in compiler design, a field which was rapidly evolving. Since it was first published, the state of compiler design has advanced. — As a result, Addison-Wesley announces... more » the birth of a new dragon, "Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools" by the team of Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman.
The text begins with an introduction to the principal ideas behind compilation, and then illustrates these ideas by constructing a simple one-pass compiler. The remainder of the book amplifies the ideas presented in the first two chapters and discusses more advanced topics such as syntax analysis, type checking, code generation, and code optimization.
The new dragon presents the basic material featured in the old dragon, while also delving into recent developments in the field. Features of the new dragon include:
* Pragmatics of compiler development
* More on syntax-directed translation, type checking, run-time organization, automatic code generation, and code optimization
* Wide variety of graded problems and exercises« less