How to Write Your Own Compiler (2009)

Re:How to Write Your Own Compiler (2009) by neurotrace on Friday August 25, 2017 @10:12AM (#15098554)

The dragon book is very informative but is harder to parse (ha) than many other compiler books. People should definitely read it, it just might be hard to read as a "My First Compiler" book.

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Re:How to Write Your Own Compiler (2009) by jcranberry on Friday August 25, 2017 @10:32AM (#15098712)

I started reading it a while ago when I wanted to properly learn compilers. I actually thought it was very readable.

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Re:How to Write Your Own Compiler (2009) by kqr on Friday August 25, 2017 @12:10PM (#15099533)

I must agree. It may be that you and I lean more toward the theoretical side and want more of a "grounds up" material (a chapter about transforming regexes to state machines? seriously?) than a "here's what to do to get it done by next thursday" book.

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Re:How to Write Your Own Compiler (2009) by jcranberry on Friday August 25, 2017 @01:28PM (#15100413)

LOL. Anyone attempting to build a compiler by next thursday is in for a rude awakening.

In any case you're probably right, given that I like math and (so far) prefer algebra to analysis or applied mathematics.

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