Engineering: A Compiler

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This entirely revised second edition of Engineering a Compiler is full of technical updates and new material covering the latest developments in compiler technology. In this comprehensive text you will learn important techniques for constructing a modern compiler. Leading educators and researchers Keith Cooper and Linda Torczon combine basic principles with pragmatic insights from their experience building state-of-the-art compilers. They will help you fully understand important techniques such as compilation of imperative and object-oriented languages, construction of static single assignment forms, instruction scheduling, and graph-coloring register allocation.



  • In-depth treatment of algorithms and techniques used in the front end of a modern compiler
  • Focus on code optimization and code generation, the primary areas of recent research and development
  • Improvements in presentation including conceptual overviews for each chapter, summaries and review questions for sections, and prominent placement of definitions for new terms
  • Examples drawn from several different programming languages
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    Name in long format: Engineering: A Compiler
    ISBN-10: 012088478X
    ISBN-13: 9780120884780
    Book pages: 824
    Book language: en
    Edition: 2
    Binding: Hardcover
    Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
    Dimensions: Height: 9.3 Inches, Length: 7.6 Inches, Weight: 3.47007600388 Pounds, Width: 1.6 Inches

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