Compiler Design

Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Evolution and Development 3 Compilers and Interpreters 4 Source Code 5 Lexical Analysis 6 Syntax Analyzer 7 Compiler Optimization 8 Code Generator 9 Bootstrapping 10 Programming Languages 11 Various Compilers 12 Compiling Tools Bibliography Index Simply in order to reduce the complexity of designing and building computers nearly all the computers are made to execute relatively simple commands A programme for a computer must be built be combining very simple commands into a programme in what is called machine language Since this is a tedious and error prone process most of the programming is instead done using a high level programming language This language can be different from the machine language that the computer can execute so some means for bridging the gap is required This is where the compiler comes in A compiler translates or compiled a programme written in a high level programming language that is suitable for human programmers into the low level machine language that is required by computers A good compiler should however be able to get quite close to the speed of hand written code when translating well structured programmes Since writing a compiler is a nontrivial task it is a good idea to structure the work This book is meant to support a practically oriented course in compiler designing for teachers and students in Computer Science jacket 434 pp.…