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| compiler construction book: Introduction to Compilers and Language Design Douglas Thain, 2016-09-20 A compiler translates a program written in a high level language into a program written in a lower level language. For students of computer science, building a compiler from scratch is a rite of passage: a challenging and fun project that offers insight into many different aspects of computer science, some deeply theoretical, and others highly practical. This book offers a one semester introduction into compiler construction, enabling the reader to build a simple compiler that accepts a C-like language and translates it into working X86 or ARM assembly language. It is most suitable for undergraduate students who have some experience programming in C, and have taken courses in data structures and computer architecture. |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Construction William M. Waite, Gerhard Goos, 2012-12-06 Compilers and operating systems constitute the basic interfaces between a programmer and the machine for which he is developing software. In this book we are concerned with the construction of the former. Our intent is to provide the reader with a firm theoretical basis for compiler construction and sound engineering principles for selecting alternate methods, imple menting them, and integrating them into a reliable, economically viable product. The emphasis is upon a clean decomposition employing modules that can be re-used for many compilers, separation of concerns to facilitate team programming, and flexibility to accommodate hardware and system constraints. A reader should be able to understand the questions he must ask when designing a compiler for language X on machine Y, what tradeoffs are possible, and what performance might be obtained. He should not feel that any part of the design rests on whim; each decision must be based upon specific, identifiable characteristics of the source and target languages or upon design goals of the compiler. The vast majority of computer professionals will never write a compiler. Nevertheless, study of compiler technology provides important benefits for almost everyone in the field . • It focuses attention on the basic relationships between languages and machines. Understanding of these relationships eases the inevitable tran sitions to new hardware and programming languages and improves a person's ability to make appropriate tradeoft's in design and implementa tion . |
| compiler construction book: A Practical Approach to Compiler Construction Des Watson, 2017-03-22 This book provides a practically-oriented introduction to high-level programming language implementation. It demystifies what goes on within a compiler and stimulates the reader's interest in compiler design, an essential aspect of computer science. Programming language analysis and translation techniques are used in many software application areas. A Practical Approach to Compiler Construction covers the fundamental principles of the subject in an accessible way. It presents the necessary background theory and shows how it can be applied to implement complete compilers. A step-by-step approach, based on a standard compiler structure is adopted, presenting up-to-date techniques and examples. Strategies and designs are described in detail to guide the reader in implementing a translator for a programming language. A simple high-level language, loosely based on C, is used to illustrate aspects of the compilation process. Code examples in C are included, together with discussion and illustration of how this code can be extended to cover the compilation of more complex languages. Examples are also given of the use of the flex and bison compiler construction tools. Lexical and syntax analysis is covered in detail together with a comprehensive coverage of semantic analysis, intermediate representations, optimisation and code generation. Introductory material on parallelisation is also included. Designed for personal study as well as for use in introductory undergraduate and postgraduate courses in compiler design, the author assumes that readers have a reasonable competence in programming in any high-level language. |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Construction K.V.N. Sunitha, 2013 Designed for an introductory course, this text encapsulates the topics essential for a freshman course on compilers. The book provides a balanced coverage of both theoretical and practical aspects. The text helps the readers understand the process of compilation and proceeds to explain the design and construction of compilers in detail. The concepts are supported by a good number of compelling examples and exercises. |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Construction F.L. Bauer, F.L. DeRemer, M. Griffiths, U. Hill, J.J. Hornig, C.H. Koster, W.M. McKeeman, P.C. Poole, W.M. Waite, 2013-12-11 |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Construction for Digital Computers David Gries, 1971-01-15 The object of this book is to present in a coherent fashion the major techniques used in compiler writing, in order to make it easier for the novice to enter the field and for the expert to reference the literature. The book is oriented towards so-called syntax-directed methods of compiling. |
| compiler construction book: Engineering a Compiler Keith D. Cooper, Linda Torczon, 2011-01-18 This entirely revised second edition of Engineering a Compiler is full of technical updates and new material covering the latest developments in compiler technology. In this comprehensive text you will learn important techniques for constructing a modern compiler. Leading educators and researchers Keith Cooper and Linda Torczon combine basic principles with pragmatic insights from their experience building state-of-the-art compilers. They will help you fully understand important techniques such as compilation of imperative and object-oriented languages, construction of static single assignment forms, instruction scheduling, and graph-coloring register allocation. - In-depth treatment of algorithms and techniques used in the front end of a modern compiler - Focus on code optimization and code generation, the primary areas of recent research and development - Improvements in presentation including conceptual overviews for each chapter, summaries and review questions for sections, and prominent placement of definitions for new terms - Examples drawn from several different programming languages |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc Anthony J. Dos Reis, 2012-02-28 Broad in scope, involving theory, the application of that theory, and programming technology, compiler construction is a moving target, with constant advances in compiler technology taking place. Today, a renewed focus on do-it-yourself programming makes a quality textbook on compilers, that both students and instructors will enjoy using, of even more vital importance. This book covers every topic essential to learning compilers from the ground up and is accompanied by a powerful and flexible software package for evaluating projects, as well as several tutorials, well-defined projects, and test cases. |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Construction William A. Barrett, John D. Couch, 1979 |
| compiler construction book: Modern Compiler Implementation in C Andrew W. Appel, Maia Ginsburg, 2004-07-08 Describes all phases of a modern compiler, including techniques in code generation and register allocation for imperative, functional and object-oriented languages. |
| compiler construction book: Introduction to Compiler Construction in a Java World Bill Campbell, Swami Iyer, Bahar Akbal-Delibas, 2012-11-21 Immersing students in Java and the JVM, this text enables a deep understanding of the Java programming language and its implementation. It focuses on design, organization, and testing, helping students learn good software engineering skills and become better programmers. By working with and extending a real, functional compiler, students develop a hands-on appreciation of how compilers work, how to write compilers, and how the Java language behaves. Fully documented Java code for the compiler is accessible on a supplementary website. |
| compiler construction book: Modern Compiler Design Dick Grune, Kees van Reeuwijk, Henri E. Bal, Ceriel J.H. Jacobs, Koen Langendoen, 2012-07-20 Modern Compiler Design makes the topic of compiler design more accessible by focusing on principles and techniques of wide application. By carefully distinguishing between the essential (material that has a high chance of being useful) and the incidental (material that will be of benefit only in exceptional cases) much useful information was packed in this comprehensive volume. The student who has finished this book can expect to understand the workings of and add to a language processor for each of the modern paradigms, and be able to read the literature on how to proceed. The first provides a firm basis, the second potential for growth. |
| compiler construction book: Object-oriented Compiler Construction Jim Holmes, 1995 This comprehensive volume describes the design and implementation of interpreters and compilers, with specific emphasis on the construction of a Pascal compiler. Author Jim Holmes uses object-oriented analysis and design methods to elucidate the specific compiler components and then gives actual C++ implementation details of these definitions. |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Design and Construction Arthur B. Pyster, 1988 Software -- Programming Languages. |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Construction Alan Mycroft, Andreas Zeller, 2006-03-29 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Compiler Construction, CC 2006, held in March 2006 as part of ETAPS. The 17 revised full papers presented together with three tool demonstration papers and one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections. |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Design Helmut Seidl, Reinhard Wilhelm, Sebastian Hack, 2012-08-13 While compilers for high-level programming languages are large complex software systems, they have particular characteristics that differentiate them from other software systems. Their functionality is almost completely well-defined - ideally there exist complete precise descriptions of the source and target languages. Additional descriptions of the interfaces to the operating system, programming system and programming environment, and to other compilers and libraries are often available. The book deals with the optimization phase of compilers. In this phase, programs are transformed in order to increase their efficiency. To preserve the semantics of the programs in these transformations, the compiler has to meet the associated applicability conditions. These are checked using static analysis of the programs. In this book the authors systematically describe the analysis and transformation of imperative and functional programs. In addition to a detailed description of important efficiency-improving transformations, the book offers a concise introduction to the necessary concepts and methods, namely to operational semantics, lattices, and fixed-point algorithms. This book is intended for students of computer science. The book is supported throughout with examples, exercises and program fragments. |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Construction Kenneth C. Louden, 1997 This compiler design and construction text introduces students to the concepts and issues of compiler design, and features a comprehensive, hands-on case study project for constructing an actual, working compiler |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Construction Niklaus Wirth, 1996 A refreshing antidote to heavy theoretical tomes, this book is a concise, practical guide to modern compiler design and construction by an acknowledged master. Readers are taken step-by-step through each stage of compiler design, using the simple yet powerful method of recursive descent to create a compiler for Oberon-0, a subset of the author's Oberon language. A disk provided with the book gives full listings of the Oberon-0 compiler and associated tools. The hands-on, pragmatic approach makes the book equally attractive for project-oriented courses in compiler design and for software engineers wishing to develop their skills in system software. |
| compiler construction book: Compilers: Principles, Techniques, & Tools, 2/E Aho, 2008-09 |
| compiler construction book: A Retargetable C Compiler Christopher W. Fraser, David R. Hanson, 1995 This book brings a unique treatment of compiler design to the professional who seeks an in-depth examination of a real-world compiler. Chris Fraser of AT &T Bell Laboratories and David Hanson of Princeton University codeveloped lcc, the retargetable ANSI C compiler that is the focus of this book. They provide complete source code for lcc; a target-independent front end and three target-dependent back ends are packaged as a single program designed to run on three different platforms. Rather than transfer code into a text file, the book and the compiler itself are generated from a single source to ensure accuracy. |
| compiler construction book: Building Your Own Compiler with C++ Jim Holmes, 1995 Holmes satisfies the dual demand for an introduction to compilers and a hands-on compiler construction project manual in The Object-Oriented Compiler Workbook. This book details the construction process of a fundamental, yet functional compiler, so that readers learn by actually doing. It uses C++ as the implementation language, the most popular Object Oriented language, and compiles a tiny subset of Pascal, resulting in source language constructs that are already a part of most readers' experience. It offers extensive figures detailing the behavior of the compiler, especially as it relates to the parse tree. It supplies complete source codes for example compiler listed as an appendix and available by FTP. |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Design Reinhard Wilhelm, Helmut Seidl, Sebastian Hack, 2013-05-28 While compilers for high-level programming languages are large complex software systems, they have particular characteristics that differentiate them from other software systems. Their functionality is almost completely well-defined – ideally there exist complete precise descriptions of the source and target languages. Additional descriptions of the interfaces to the operating system, programming system and programming environment, and to other compilers and libraries are often available. This book deals with the analysis phase of translators for programming languages. It describes lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis, specification mechanisms for these tasks from the theory of formal languages, and methods for automatic generation based on the theory of automata. The authors present a conceptual translation structure, i.e., a division into a set of modules, which transform an input program into a sequence of steps in a machine program, and they then describe the interfaces between the modules. Finally, the structures of real translators are outlined. The book contains the necessary theory and advice for implementation. This book is intended for students of computer science. The book is supported throughout with examples, exercises and program fragments. |
| compiler construction book: Program Analysis and Compilation, Theory and Practice Thomas Reps, Mooly Sagiv, Jörg Bauer, 2007-06-05 Reinhard Wilhelm's career in Computer Science spans more than a third of a century. This Festschrift volume, published to honor him on his 60th Birthday on June 10, 2006, includes 15 refereed papers by leading researchers, his graduate students and research collaborators, as well as current and former colleagues, who all attended a celebratory symposium held at Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany. |
| compiler construction book: Modern Compiler Implementation in ML Andrew W. Appel, 2004-07-08 This new, expanded textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-coloring register allocation, and runtime systems. It includes good coverage of current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as functional and object-oriented languages, that are missing from most books. In addition, more advanced chapters are now included so that it can be used as the basis for two-semester or graduate course. The most accepted and successful techniques are described in a concise way, rather than as an exhaustive catalog of every possible variant. Detailed descriptions of the interfaces between modules of a compiler are illustrated with actual C header files. The first part of the book, Fundamentals of Compilation, is suitable for a one-semester first course in compiler design. The second part, Advanced Topics, which includes the advanced chapters, covers the compilation of object-oriented and functional languages, garbage collection, loop optimizations, SSA form, loop scheduling, and optimization for cache-memory hierarchies. |
| compiler construction book: Introduction to Compiler Construction with UNIX Axel T. Schreiner, H. George Friedman, 1985 Language definition. Word recognition. Language recognition. Error recovery. Semantic restrictions. Memory allocation. Code generation. A load-and-go system. sampleC compiler listing. |
| compiler construction book: Compiler Design Dr. O.G. Kakde, 2008-05 This Textbook Is Designed For Undergraduate Course In Compiler Construction For Computer Science And Engineering/Information Technology Students. The Book Presents The Concepts In A Clear And Concise Manner And Simple Language. The Book Discusses Design Issues For Phases Of Compiler In Substantial Depth. The Stress Is More On Problem Solving. The Solution To Substantial Number Of Unsolved Problems From Other Standard Textbooks Is Given. The Students Preparing For Gate Will Also Get Benefit From This Text, For Them Objective Type Questions Are Also Given. The Text Can Be Used For Laboratory In Compiler Construction Course, Because How To Use The Tools Lex And Yacc Is Also Discussed In Enough Detail, With Suitable Examples. |
| compiler construction book: Lisp in Small Pieces Christian Queinnec, 2003-12-04 This will become the new standard reference for people wanting to know about the Lisp family of languages. |
| compiler construction book: The School of Niklaus Wirth László Böszörményi, 2000 |
| compiler construction book: Build Your Own Programming Language Clinton L. Jeffery, 2021-12-31 Written by the creator of the Unicon programming language, this book will show you how to implement programming languages to reduce the time and cost of creating applications for new or specialized areas of computing Key Features Reduce development time and solve pain points in your application domain by building a custom programming language Learn how to create parsers, code generators, file readers, analyzers, and interpreters Create an alternative to frameworks and libraries to solve domain-specific problems Book Description The need for different types of computer languages is growing rapidly and developers prefer creating domain-specific languages for solving specific application domain problems. Building your own programming language has its advantages. It can be your antidote to the ever-increasing size and complexity of software. In this book, you'll start with implementing the frontend of a compiler for your language, including a lexical analyzer and parser. The book covers a series of traversals of syntax trees, culminating with code generation for a bytecode virtual machine. Moving ahead, you'll learn how domain-specific language features are often best represented by operators and functions that are built into the language, rather than library functions. We'll conclude with how to implement garbage collection, including reference counting and mark-and-sweep garbage collection. Throughout the book, Dr. Jeffery weaves in his experience of building the Unicon programming language to give better context to the concepts where relevant examples are provided in both Unicon and Java so that you can follow the code of your choice of either a very high-level language with advanced features, or a mainstream language. By the end of this book, you'll be able to build and deploy your own domain-specific languages, capable of compiling and running programs. What you will learn Perform requirements analysis for the new language and design language syntax and semantics Write lexical and context-free grammar rules for common expressions and control structures Develop a scanner that reads source code and generate a parser that checks syntax Build key data structures in a compiler and use your compiler to build a syntax-coloring code editor Implement a bytecode interpreter and run bytecode generated by your compiler Write tree traversals that insert information into the syntax tree Implement garbage collection in your language Who this book is for This book is for software developers interested in the idea of inventing their own language or developing a domain-specific language. Computer science students taking compiler construction courses will also find this book highly useful as a practical guide to language implementation to supplement more theoretical textbooks. Intermediate-level knowledge and experience working with a high-level language such as Java or the C++ language are expected to help you get the most out of this book. |
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| compiler construction book: Principles of Compiler Design Aho Alfred V, Jeffrey D. Ullman, 1998 |
| compiler construction book: Introduction to Compiler Construction Michael Olugbenga Agbaje, 2015-02-23 This is an introductory text for the undergraduate students of computer science and related courses studying compiler construction. The book was borne out of teaching compiler design in a way that the students should be able to understand compiler design in a simple form. This book will open the reader's understanding in preparation for a more complex aspect of the course. |
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| compiler construction book: Modern Compiler Design David Galles, 2004-08 This book is a one-stop-shop for basic compiler design -- anyone with a solid understanding of Java should be able to use this book to create a compiler. Galles writes a very practical text -- all theoretical topics are introduced with intuitive justification and illustrated with copious examples. This book is intended for anyone interested in learning basic compiler design. |
| compiler construction book: The Elements of Computing Systems Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken, 2005 This title gives students an integrated and rigorous picture of applied computer science, as it comes to play in the construction of a simple yet powerful computer system. |
| compiler construction book: The Compiler Design Handbook Y.N. Srikant, Priti Shankar, 2018-10-03 Today’s embedded devices and sensor networks are becoming more and more sophisticated, requiring more efficient and highly flexible compilers. Engineers are discovering that many of the compilers in use today are ill-suited to meet the demands of more advanced computer architectures. Updated to include the latest techniques, The Compiler Design Handbook, Second Edition offers a unique opportunity for designers and researchers to update their knowledge, refine their skills, and prepare for emerging innovations. The completely revised handbook includes 14 new chapters addressing topics such as worst case execution time estimation, garbage collection, and energy aware compilation. The editors take special care to consider the growing proliferation of embedded devices, as well as the need for efficient techniques to debug faulty code. New contributors provide additional insight to chapters on register allocation, software pipelining, instruction scheduling, and type systems. Written by top researchers and designers from around the world, The Compiler Design Handbook, Second Edition gives designers the opportunity to incorporate and develop innovative techniques for optimization and code generation. |
| compiler construction book: Implementing Programming Languages Aarne Ranta, 2012 Implementing a programming language means bridging the gap from the programmer's high-level thinking to the machine's zeros and ones. If this is done in an efficient and reliable way, programmers can concentrate on the actual problems they have to solve, rather than on the details of machines. But understanding the whole chain from languages to machines is still an essential part of the training of any serious programmer. It will result in a more competent programmer, who will moreover be able to develop new languages. A new language is often the best way to solve a problem, and less difficult than it may sound. This book follows a theory-based practical approach, where theoretical models serve as blueprint for actual coding. The reader is guided to build compilers and interpreters in a well-understood and scalable way. The solutions are moreover portable to different implementation languages. Much of the actual code is automatically generated from a grammar of the language, by using the BNF Converter tool. The rest can be written in Haskell or Java, for which the book gives detailed guidance, but with some adaptation also in C, C++, C#, or OCaml, which are supported by the BNF Converter. The main focus of the book is on standard imperative and functional languages: a subset of C++ and a subset of Haskell are the source languages, and Java Virtual Machine is the main target. Simple Intel x86 native code compilation is shown to complete the chain from language to machine. The last chapter leaves the standard paths and explores the space of language design ranging from minimal Turing-complete languages to human-computer interaction in natural language. |
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