At 06:06 PM 8/7/2001 -0700, Dave Storrs wrote:
>The Dragon Book is (AFAIK) still considered the definitive book on the
>subject. It's called that because it has (or at least, had, for the
>edition that I bought) a red dragon on the cover.
>
>The official title is:
>
>Compilers : Principles, Techniques, and Tools
> by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman (Contributor)
>ISBN: 0201100886
Be aware that the Dragon Book has a few little quirks, and is definitely an
intro book. Compiler technology's progressed quite a bit past what's
presented in there. Unfortunately all the references I have for
alternatives really require what the Dragon Book teaches as a foundation.
(It's a bit dodgy going without it)
>On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Brent Dax wrote:
>
> > I'm going on vacation soon, and I'd like to get a good book on writing
> > compilers--hopefully one that will help me when we actually start coding
> > Perl 6. Any suggestions? I have no formal education on compilers, and
> > I only know C, C++ and Perl (duh).
> >
> > (If this is too off-topic, let me know.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --Brent Dax
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
Dan
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