Re: the long way to the development of a compiler

neelk@alum.mit.edu (Neelakantan Krishnaswami)
3 Jul 2001 23:18:26 -0400

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From: neelk@alum.mit.edu (Neelakantan Krishnaswami)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 3 Jul 2001 23:18:26 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 01-07-004 01-07-024
Keywords: books
Posted-Date: 03 Jul 2001 23:18:25 EDT

On 2 Jul 2001 12:29:40 -0400, Stefano Lanzavecchia <stf@apl.it> wrote:
>"Matthew J.Lockner" <lockner@chaos.cns.uni.edu> wrote in message
>> It's probably not what you had in mind, but I feel compelled to refer
>> you to the textbook for my compiler course: Modern Compiler
>> Implementation in
>> (C|Java|ML) by Andrew Appel.
>
> Many people suggested the purchase of the book. While the reviews on
> Amazon are quite bad, I was also quite attracted by it (so, in a
> sense, it was what I had in mind), even before I posted the
> message. Therefore I decided to buy it.


Appel's book is a textbook, and for whatever reason Amazon seems to
attract disgruntled students (see the reviews of The Structure and
Interpretation of Computer Programs for a particularly funny example
of this phenomenon).


I think this is the best introduction to compilation around -- it's
even better than the Dragon book. (Lexing and parsing get shallower
coverage than in ASU, but everything else is IMO clearer.)


Neel

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