Re: Small C Compiler

preston@dawn.cs.rice.edu (Preston Briggs)
Mon, 17 May 1993 15:21:13 GMT

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From: preston@dawn.cs.rice.edu (Preston Briggs)
Keywords: courses, books
Organization: Rice University, Houston
References: 93-05-017 93-05-041
Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 15:21:13 GMT

carlpe@microsoft.com (Carl Peterson) writes:
>In my own opinion Alan Holub's "Compiler Design in C" is now king! It is
>the most complete book I've ever found on compilers.


While Holub's book covers front-end issues (the easy part of a compiler)
in great detail, it's still very incomplete. Its coverage of optimization
and back-end issues (the interesting parts of a compiler) is inadequate.


The dragon book is still the only book that makes a good hack at these
issues.


Preston Briggs
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