Compilers 1/e plus Selected Online Chapters from Compilers 2/e Update Package

by Alfred V. Aho

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This classic book, known to professors, students, and developers worldwide as the Dragon Book is the bible of compiler design. It provides a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of compilers. Now available online are new chapters from the forthcoming second edition. Authors Aho, Lam, Sethi and Ullman have written all new material to address the monumental changes in computing that have occurred since the last edition published in 1986, from high level languages (object-oriented show more programming) to computer architecture (RISC). New chapters include: Chapter 5 Syntax-Directed TranslationChapter 6 Intermediate-Code GenerationChapter 7 Object-Code GenerationChapter 8 Run-Time EnvironmentsChapter 9 Machine-Independent OptimizationsChapter 10 Instruction-Level ParallelismChapter 11 Optimizing for Parallelism and Locality To see the online chapters, click here: www.aw.com/dragonbook. show less

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vkamenar 4 reviews

This book teaches an abstract way of thinking. In theory anyone can write a compiler without reading this book. I suppose that most people who read this book don't write any compilers. However, this book did change my programming mentality. It's one of the very few books I do recommend.

Aug 18, 2021

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