Re: Something "simpler" than the Dragon Book

ruth@wins.uva.nl (Joeri van Ruth)
18 Aug 1999 11:28:41 -0400

          From comp.compilers

Related articles
[12 earlier articles]
Re: Something "simpler" than the Dragon Book smct@frontiernet.net (Susan Thibodeau) (1999-07-30)
Re: Something "simpler" than the Dragon Book leszek@hands.com.pl (Leszek Piotrowicz) (1999-07-30)
Re: Something "simpler" than the Dragon Book bill@megahits.com (Bill A.) (1999-08-02)
Re: Something "simpler" than the Dragon Book deryck.brown@zetnet.co.uk (Deryck F Brown) (1999-08-02)
Re: Something "simpler" than the Dragon Book jmeri@mailroom.com (jmeri) (1999-08-15)
Re: Something "simpler" than the Dragon Book Philippe.Deschamp@inria.fr (Philippe Deschamp) (1999-08-18)
Re: Something "simpler" than the Dragon Book ruth@wins.uva.nl (1999-08-18)
| List of all articles for this month |

From: ruth@wins.uva.nl (Joeri van Ruth)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 18 Aug 1999 11:28:41 -0400
Organization: XS4ALL Internet BV
References: 99-07-119 99-07-129 99-07-147 99-08-067
Keywords: books

> >I liked this one.
> >Andrew W. Appel: Modern Compiler Implementation in (Java | C | ML),
> >Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN (0-521-58388-8 | 0-521-58390-X).
>
> Personally, I didn't like this book too much. IMHO, it focuses too
> much on small implementation details, and the example code (at least
> in the C version) is virtually unreadable.


The C code is easier to follow if you translate it back to ML :-)


However, I think the ML version of the book is quite readable
even if you do not know much ML. Compiler writing and ML are
a natural match.


> A better choice could be:
>
> Tremblay, Jean-Paul & Paul G. Sorenson: The Theory and Practice of
> Compiler Writing. McGraw Hill (1985)


Hmm.. I'll look for it.


Joeri van Ruth


Post a followup to this message

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