Engineering a Compiler

Cooper, Keith D.

ISBN 10: 1558606998 / ISBN 13: 9781558606999

Published by Morgan Kaufmann, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engineering a Compiler
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558606998
• ISBN 13: 9781558606999
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Poor
• Weight: 1550 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Engineering

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Synopsis

As computing has changed, so has the role of both the compiler and the compiler writer. The proliferation of processors, environments, and constraints demands an equally large number of compilers. To adapt, compiler writers retarget code generators, add optimizations, and work on issues such as code space or power consumption.

Engineering a Compiler re-balances the curriculum for an introductory course in compiler construction to reflect the issues that arise in today's practice. Authors Keith Cooper and Linda Torczon convey both the art and the science of compiler construction and show best practice algorithms for the major problems inside a compiler.

·Focuses on the back end of the compiler-reflecting the focus of research and development over the last decade
·Applies the well-developed theory behind scanning and parsing to introduce concepts that play a critical role in optimization and code generation.
·Introduces the student to optimization through data-flow analysis, SSA form, and a selection of scalar optimizations.
·Builds on this background to teach modern methods in code generation: instruction selection, scheduling, and register allocation.
·Presents examples in one of several different programming languages in order to best illustrate the concept
·Explores the design space by examining how problems have been solved and by identifying the constraints that have made each of these solutions attractive.

About the Author

Dr. Cooper, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science at Rice University, is the leader of the Massively Scalar Compiler Project at Rice, which investigates issues relating to optimization and code generation for modern machines. He is also a member of the Center for High Performance Software Research, the Computer and Information Technology Institute, and the Center for Multimedia Communication -- all at Rice. He teaches courses in Compiler Construction at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Linda Torczon is a principal investigator on the Massively Scalar Compiler Project at Rice University, and the Grid Application Development Software Project sponsored by the next Generation Software program of the National Science Foundation. She also serves as the executive director of HiPerSoft and of the Los Alamos Computer Science Institute. Her research interests include code generation, interprocedural dataflow analysis and optimization, and programming environments.