Re: Wanted: introductory book on compiler construction

sriram@iwase.tcs.com (Sriram Srinivasan)
14 Mar 1996 17:09:42 -0500

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From: sriram@iwase.tcs.com (Sriram Srinivasan)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 14 Mar 1996 17:09:42 -0500
Organization: Teknekron Communications Systems, Berkeley, California
References: 96-03-055 96-03-076
Keywords: books

Oliver Plohmann <opl@esec.ch> writes:
>I looking for an introductory/beginner level book on compiler
>construction. I have found some interesting books. Unhappily, I
>haven't found one that describes a compiler for an Intel box. I don't


I really like Allen Holub's book called "Compiler Design in C". It is
meant for a technically savvy reader who doesn't have any theoretical
background ("Aho,Ullman", that is).


It is very nicely typeset, there are full-fledged working examples,
and tons of diagrams. Two thumbs up !


- Sriram
[I concur, with the warning that the book is full of errors, at least in the
early printings. -John]


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