Compilers and operating systems constitute the basic interfaces
between a programmer and the machine for which he is developing
software. In this book we are concerned with the construction of
the former. Our intent is to provide the reader with a firm
theoretical basis for compiler construction and sound engineering
principles for selecting alternate methods, imple menting them, and
integrating them into a reliable, economically viable product. The
emphasis is upon a clean decomposition employing modules that can
be re-used for many compilers, separation of concerns to facilitate
team programming, and flexibility to accommodate hardware and
system constraints. A reader should be able to understand the
questions he must ask when designing a compiler for language X on
machine Y, what tradeoffs are possible, and what performance might
be obtained. He should not feel that any part of the design rests
on whim; each decision must be based upon specific, identifiable
characteristics of the source and target languages or upon design
goals of the compiler. The vast majority of computer professionals
will never write a compiler. Nevertheless, study of compiler
technology provides important benefits for almost everyone in the
field . * It focuses attention on the basic relationships between
languages and machines. Understanding of these relationships eases
the inevitable tran sitions to new hardware and programming
languages and improves a person's ability to make appropriate
tradeoft's in design and implementa tion .
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
