Basics of Compiler Design by Torben Egidius Mogensen
Basics of Compiler Design by Torben Egidius Mogensen
Basics of Compiler Design by Torben Egidius Mogensen
Authored by Torben Egidius Mogensen from the
University of Copenhagen, this lengthy document is an excellent introduction to
compiler design. Beginning with basic concepts of lexical and syntax analysis,
it goes through the advanced themes that include scopes, symbol tables, and
interpretation. Further, type checking, intermediate code generation, and
machine code generation are explained in detail, making the whole process of
compilation familiar to the reader. It covers key topics such as register
allocation, function calls, memory management, analysis, and optimization, and
even bootstrapping a compiler. This text will be very useful to anyone who wants
to research both theoretical and practical problems concerned with compiler
construction.
Author(s): Torben Egidius
Mogensen, University of Copenhagen
Authored by Torben Egidius Mogensen from the
University of Copenhagen, this lengthy document is an excellent introduction to
compiler design. Beginning with basic concepts of lexical and syntax analysis,
it goes through the advanced themes that include scopes, symbol tables, and
interpretation. Further, type checking, intermediate code generation, and
machine code generation are explained in detail, making the whole process of
compilation familiar to the reader. It covers key topics such as register
allocation, function calls, memory management, analysis, and optimization, and
even bootstrapping a compiler. This text will be very useful to anyone who wants
to research both theoretical and practical problems concerned with compiler
construction.
Author(s): Torben Egidius
Mogensen, University of Copenhagen
The guide by Anthony A. Aaby deals in
detail with compilation using Flex and Bison. Starting from some basic ideas
about the parser and scanner, it moves to an implementation of a simple
compiler. In its subtopics, it contains design of the parser, implementation of
the scanner, symbol table, and code generation. This document also handles
optimization techniques, virtual machines, and peephole optimization. It
provides practical advice on how to use Yacc or Bison, including debugging tips
and the different stages in developing a parser. As such, this is an
indispensable resource to someone looking to understand the hands-on aspects of
compiler construction using these very widely used tools.
Prof. Douglas Thain's course introduction covers the fundamentals of
compiler and language design. This book starts with a quick tour of compiler
concepts, then proceeds into careful sections on scanning and parsing, practical
parsing techniques, generation of abstract syntax trees, semantic analysis, and
intermediate representations. Moreover, it demonstrates the memory organization,
assembly language, code generation, and optimization. Any student who requires a
detailed view of both theory and practice in compiler design will find this
resource helpful.
Author(s): Prof. Douglas Thain, University of
Notre Dame
Frank Pfenning's online
resource deals with the design and implementation of compiler and runtime
systems for high-level languages. It covers the interactions between language
design, compiler design, and runtime organization. Key topics include lexical
and syntactic analysis, type-checking, program analysis, code generation, and
optimization. It is useful to anyone interested in learning about the whole
process of compiler development and how various parts of a programming language
implementation interact.
Online notes by
John Cavazos cover advanced topics in compiler construction. It provides a
survey of some basic theory and practice in implementing modern programming
languages, starting from lexical analysis to parsing techniques—the top-down and
bottom-up—with table construction. Then, procedure abstraction, code shape, and
register allocation follow. This resource is an ideal one for a person willing
to get deeper into the intricacies of compiler construction and various
optimization techniques.
Mark van den
Brand's course notes provide a very topical and elaborate exposition to the
design of compilers. The topics covered range from compilation processes through
lexical and syntax analysis to the different parsing techniques, including
top-down and bottom-up parsers. It also treated tools like Lex and Javacc,
Symbol tables, and Semantic Analysis. This resource has a place in the process
of acquiring a deep understanding of compiler construction, from basic
principles to practical applications.