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From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl)
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Subject: Re: How does "Engineering a Compiler" (by Keith Cooper and Linda Torczon) compare to the Dragon Book (Principles of Compiler Design by Alfred Aho and Jeffery Ulman)?
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:30:52 GMT
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I have read the 1986 version of the Dragon Book (i.e., Aho, Sethi,
Ullman).  It covers the front end part deeply, but is not so strong on
the back end part.

I have looked at Cooper & Torczon, but have not read it.  But my
impression was good; in particular it covered more of the back end.

- anton
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