Modern Compiler Implementation in Java: Basic Techniques - Softcover

Appel, Andrew W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521586542 ISBN 13: 9780521586542

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This textbook explains all phases of a modern compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-colouring register allocation with coalescing, and runtime systems. It covers current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as functional and object-oriented languages, which are missing from most books on the topic. The author illustrates the most accepted and successful techniques in a concise way, rather than as an exhaustive catalogue of every possible variant. Detailed descriptions of the interfaces between modules of a compiler are illustrated with actual Java classes. A unique feature of the book is a well designed compiler implementation project in Java, including front-end and 'high-tech' back-end phases, so that students can build a complete working compiler in one semester. The textbook is meant for use in a one-semester first course for undergraduates in compiler design. Accompanying support software is available.

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Review

."..this is one of the first compiler texts I have seen that presents, at an undergraduate level, developments from the mid-1980s onward." Gregory V. Wilson, Dr. Dobb's Journal

Book Description

This textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler, including current techniques in code generation and register allocation, for imperative, functional and object-oriented languages. The author describes the most accepted and successful techniques, rather than giving an exhaustive catalogue of every possible variant. A unique feature is a compiler implementation project in Java, including front-end and 'high-tech' back-end phases.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521586542
• ISBN 13: 9780521586542
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 398