Engineering a Compiler

Combines basic principles with pragmatic insights on how to build state-of-the-art compilers

Keith D. Cooper (Author), Linda Torczon (Author)

9780128154120, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 21 November 2022

848 pages
23.5 x 19 x 5.1 cm, 1.29 kg

Engineering a Compiler, Third Edition covers the latest developments in compiler technology, with new chapters focusing on semantic elaboration (the problems that arise in generating code from the ad-hoc syntax-directed translation schemes in a generated parser), on runtime support for naming and addressability, and on code shape for expressions, assignments and control-structures. Leading educators and researchers, Keith Cooper and Linda Torczon, have revised this popular text with a fresh approach to learning important techniques for constructing a modern compiler, combining basic principles with pragmatic insights from their own experience building state-of-the-art compilers.

1. Overview of Compilation 2. Scanners 3. Parsers 4. Intermediate Representations 5. Syntax-Driven Translation 6. Implementing Procedures 7. Code Shape 8. Introduction to Optimization 9. Data-Flow Analysis 10. Scalar Optimization 11. Instruction Selection 12. Instruction Scheduling 13. Register Allocation 14. Runtime Optimization

Subject Areas: Software Engineering [UMZ]