Modern Compiler Implementation in Java: Basic Techniques

Andrew W. Appel

ISBN 10: 0521586542 / ISBN 13: 9780521586542

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1997

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55. Seller Inventory # G0521586542I2N00

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.

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Modern Compiler Implementation in Java: ...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket