Understanding and Writing Compilers: A Do It Yourself Guide (Macmillan Computer Science Series)

By Richard Bornat

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333217322
• ISBN13: 9780333217320
• Release Date: October 1979
• Publisher: Palgrave
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A very practical and useful book on the subject.

This is one of a few computer science books that remains rather special to me. I began learning about LALR(1) parsing and code generation from this book. It and a small book on YACC were enough to enable me to write a compiler for a 4GL. I have since seen many other good (and not so good) books but this is a personal favourite. It is full of practical advice while maintaining a high standard of scholarship and provided a good introduction to the subject.

good coverage of code generation

One of the highlights of this book is the treatment of code generation issues, in addition to parsing/lexing. A book for practical programmers who're interested in any code generation problem. Very readable.

The best explanation of parsing without Greek ever.

I'm a great fan of the first edition of this book(circa 1980). It explains the mechanics of parsing ratherthan just throwing a lot of math and proofs at the reader (e.g. Aho, Hopcroft or Ullman). You come away feeling that you could actually write a compiler. One caution: the figures in the first edition contained many errors. Let's hope they've been fixed in the new edition.