Re: Online compiler courses?

Paul Biggar <paul.biggar@gmail.com>
Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:27:48 +0100

          From comp.compilers
Related articles
[2 earlier articles]
Re: Online compiler courses? lkrupp@indra.com (Louis Krupp) (2009-08-30)
Re: Online compiler courses? ott@mirix.org (Matthias-Christian Ott) (2009-08-30)
Re: Online compiler courses? jkj2000@gmail.com (Steve H) (2009-08-30)
Re: Online compiler courses? torbenm@pc-003.diku.dk (2009-08-31)
Online compiler courses? paul.biggar@gmail.com (Paul Biggar) (2009-08-31)
Online compiler courses? inderaj@gmail.com (Inderaj Bains) (2009-08-31)
Re: Online compiler courses? paul.biggar@gmail.com (Paul Biggar) (2009-08-31)
Re: Online compiler courses? bcb@undisclosedlocation.net (Bruce C. Baker) (2009-08-31)
Re: Online compiler courses? sh006d3592@blueyonder.co.uk (Stephen Horne) (2009-09-01)
Re: Online compiler courses? haberg_20080406@math.su.se (Hans Aberg) (2009-09-02)
Re: Online compiler courses? herron.philip@googlemail.com (Philip Herron) (2009-09-02)
Re: Online compiler courses? kamalpr@gmail.com (kamal) (2009-09-07)
| List of all articles for this month |
From: Paul Biggar <paul.biggar@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:27:48 +0100
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 09-08-046 09-08-048 09-08-054
Keywords: courses
Posted-Date: 01 Sep 2009 23:37:00 EDT

Hi Steve,


On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 5:22 AM, Steve H<jkj2000@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Get a book.
>
> I've also been going through books at the library, trying to find a
> good compiler text. B It's frustrating. B The dragon book is considered
> the canonical work, but it's quite meaty and difficult for self
> study. B I believe that's the general consensus.


I really don't understand why the Dragon Book is considered canonical
for anything but parsing. Perhaps it's simply the incumbent. Anyhow,
I've found "Engineering a Compiler" by Cooper/Torczon to be excellent.
I don't think there are exercises in the book, but I believe its used
by many universities, so you may be able to supplement it with some
lab assignments online.


Best of luck,
Paul


--
Paul Biggar
paul.biggar@gmail.com


Post a followup to this message

Return to the comp.compilers page.
Search the comp.compilers archives again.