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On 2025-01-20 06:38, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
> Would you recommend an equivalent paper or book that addresses these
> short-comings but maintains the educational spirit of the paper?  (It's
> okay if the architecture is not a popular one.)
> [Good question.  There's the old Let's Build a Compiler which you can find
> on my web site and some books.  Alan Holub wrote a well known book but the
> code in the book is incredibly buggy so I wouldn't recommend it. -John]

What are expert opinions on Wirth's book Compilerbau (German
notwithstanding)?  There seem to love-it or hate-it opinions without
much substance.

(Another question is where to look for how to add debugging information
to the output.)

OF.