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Postings from August 2001
On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Ken Fox wrote: > Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org> wrote: > > At 04:38 PM 8/8/2001 +0000, Brian J. Kifiak wrote: > > > > Unfortunately all the references I have for alternatives really > > > > require what the Dragon Book teaches as a foundation. > > > > > > What are the references? > > > > ... Advanced Compiler Design & Implementation > > I really like that book too. IMHO he didn't really need to write all > the examples in his very own language though. (Who does he think he is, > Knuth? ;) Heh. Everyone invents their own. I think that's because there are only two or three real ones in use at that level, and I bet they're all nasty and terribly embarrasing as instructional material. :) > The best beginner book on the subject of compilers IMHO is Appel's > Modern Compiler Implementation in ML. It is *much* easier to read > than the dragon book. There are other language versions of it, but > it seems kind of heretical to read Appel without ML. I'll have to go pick that one up. I didn't bother when I saw it, since ML didn't interest me. I think it's time to remedy that. Dan