Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Paper: Developing a Modular Compiler for a Subset of a C-like Language Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:56:34 -0800 Organization: Compilers Central Sender: news%iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <25-01-028@comp.compilers> References: <25-01-004@comp.compilers> <25-01-010@comp.compilers> <25-01-012@comp.compilers> <25-01-014@comp.compilers> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="29348"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: books Posted-Date: 23 Jan 2025 17:13:41 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:3632 OrangeFish writes: > 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. The English version, "Compiler Construction", is available in free PDF form at . Compiler Construction Niklaus Wirth This is a slightly revised version of the book published by Addison-Wesley in 1996 ISBN 0-201-40353-6 Zürich, May 2017 -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */