Re: Compiler textbook available online

"Uncle Noah" <nkavv@skiathos.physics.auth.gr> writes:


> Torben Ęgidius Mogensen wrote:
>> I have taught an undergraduate compilers course for over a decade. In
>> the last several years, I have used my own textbook "Basics of
>> Compiler Design". I have now decided to make this available online at
>> http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/ansatte/torbenm/Basics/ .
>>
> Just had a glance over your book.
>
> I could easily say that it is... great (and not just for a free book)!


Thanks.


> PS: I recall some months ago that a Danish univ. released a nice (but
> old) compiler named Alvilda. Does your work/research have any
> connection to Alvilda?


No, that was made by some students at another university (Aarhus,
where I'm from Copnhagen). I can see from their webpage that Alvilda
ws written in C. I would not choose C as a langauge in which to write
a compiler.


At the course I teach, the students get a compiler (written in SML)
for a very small language and are asked to make various extensions to
the language. That seems to be more cost-effective (in regards of
learning versus effort) than asking them to write a compiler from
scratch.


The project text is in Danish, so I'm afraid it wouldn't be helpful to
very many here. :-)


Torben

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