Re: Having trouble finding texts on compiler construction.

Ryan McCoskrie <ryan.mccoskrie@gmail.com> writes:


> I'm trying to find some good text on compiler construction that don't
> explain things in terms of visual information (trees etcetera) and
> maths(which boils down to processing visual information).
>
>
> The reason to this is that I have a rare disability called NLD (Non-verbal
> Learning Disorder) which essentially means that the only parts of my brain
> that act as they should are the ones that deal with interpreting speech.
>
> Put it this way, Perl syntax makes sense but depth perception doesn't.


I don't think you can find any compiler textbook entirely devoid of
diagrams and math, but you could take a look at Niklaus Wirth's
"Compiler Construction". It explains most in terms of code (using his
own language "Oberon").


Torben

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