Compiler Construction: Principles and Practice / Edition 1

by Kenneth C. Louden

Overview

COMPILER CONSTRUCTION: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE features a comprehensive, hands-on case study project for constructing an actual, working compiler. This case study involves a relatively simple programming language that will expose readers to the basic concepts used (and potential pitfalls) in constructing larger compilers. Kenneth Louden and his colleagues at San Jose State University have successfully class-tested this approach. COMPILER CONSTRUCTION is a natural extension of Professor Louden's popular text PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE. Professionals joining or beginning a compiler project will find COMPILER CONSTRUCTION valuable, as it provides the basic theory, necessary tools, and practical experience to design and program an actual compiler.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900534939723
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/24/1997
Series:	Computer Science Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Kenneth C. Louden is Emeritus Professor of Computer Science and a past chair of the Department of Computer Science at San Jose State University, Silicon Valley's primary supplier of graduates to the tech industry. He has written several texts and articles on advanced topics in computer science.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction. 2. Scanning. 3. Context-Free Grammars and Parsing. 4. Top-Down Parsing. 5. Bottom-Up Parsing. 6. Semantic Analysis. 7. Runtime Environments. 8. Code Generation. Appendix A: Compiler Project. Appendix B: TINY Compiler Listing. Appendix C: TINY Machine Simulator Listing. Bibliography. Index.