Re: Looking for Compiler Design in C, by Holub

"Nicolás" <lojedaortiz@interlink.com.ar>
28 Nov 1999 01:35:06 -0500

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From: "Nicolás" <lojedaortiz@interlink.com.ar>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 28 Nov 1999 01:35:06 -0500
Organization: almost none.
References: 99-11-121 99-11-141
Keywords: books, comment

    "Wayne" <vween@gdi.net> wrote:
> You don't want this book anyway. I've read it - or should I say, I've tried
> to read it. There are so many errors that every other page you read you
> must also read the corrected page. You can get the fixes from the author's
> web site.
>
> Go for Aho and friends (The Dragon book).


I've got myself a copy of the Dragon Book, but, unfortunately, I find
it very dificult to transalte the info shown and explained there to
actual code. I've been told that 'Compiler Design' is far more
'practical', and that it is useful as a bridge between the Dragon and
the very basic books.


Regards,
Nicolás
[It is indeed less theoretical, not too bad if you can deal with all the
errors. -John]

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