Introduction To Compilers And Language Design

Author : Douglas Thain
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359138043

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Introduction to Compilers and Language Design by Douglas Thain Pdf

A compiler translates a program written in a high level language into a program written in a lower level language. For students of computer science, building a compiler from scratch is a rite of passage: a challenging and fun project that offers insight into many different aspects of computer science, some deeply theoretical, and others highly practical. This book offers a one semester introduction into compiler construction, enabling the reader to build a simple compiler that accepts a C-like language and translates it into working X86 or ARM assembly language. It is most suitable for undergraduate students who have some experience programming in C, and have taken courses in data structures and computer architecture.

Author : Torben Ægidius Mogensen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0857298291

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Introduction to Compiler Design by Torben Ægidius Mogensen Pdf

This textbook is intended for an introductory course on Compiler Design, suitable for use in an undergraduate programme in computer science or related fields. Introduction to Compiler Design presents techniques for making realistic, though non-optimizing compilers for simple programming languages using methods that are close to those used in "real" compilers, albeit slightly simplified in places for presentation purposes. All phases required for translating a high-level language to machine language is covered, including lexing, parsing, intermediate-code generation, machine-code generation and register allocation. Interpretation is covered briefly. Aiming to be neutral with respect to implementation languages, algorithms are presented in pseudo-code rather than in any specific programming language, and suggestions for implementation in several different language flavors are in many cases given. The techniques are illustrated with examples and exercises. The author has taught Compiler Design at the University of Copenhagen for over a decade, and the book is based on material used in the undergraduate Compiler Design course there. Additional material for use with this book, including solutions to selected exercises, is available at http://www.diku.dk/~torbenm/ICD

Author : Torben Ægidius Mogensen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319669663

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Introduction to Compiler Design by Torben Ægidius Mogensen Pdf

The second edition of this textbook has been fully revised and adds material about loop optimisation, function call optimisation and dataflow analysis. It presents techniques for making realistic compilers for simple programming languages, using techniques that are close to those used in "real" compilers, albeit in places slightly simplified for presentation purposes. All phases required for translating a high-level language to symbolic machine language are covered, including lexing, parsing, type checking, intermediate-code generation, machine-code generation, register allocation and optimisation, interpretation is covered briefly. Aiming to be neutral with respect to implementation languages, algorithms are presented in pseudo-code rather than in any specific programming language, but suggestions are in many cases given for how these can be realised in different language flavours. Introduction to Compiler Design is intended for an introductory course in compiler design, suitable for both undergraduate and graduate courses depending on which chapters are used.

Author : Robert Nystrom
Publisher : Genever Benning
Page : 1021 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780990582946

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Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom Pdf

Despite using them every day, most software engineers know little about how programming languages are designed and implemented. For many, their only experience with that corner of computer science was a terrifying "compilers" class that they suffered through in undergrad and tried to blot from their memory as soon as they had scribbled their last NFA to DFA conversion on the final exam. That fearsome reputation belies a field that is rich with useful techniques and not so difficult as some of its practitioners might have you believe. A better understanding of how programming languages are built will make you a stronger software engineer and teach you concepts and data structures you'll use the rest of your coding days. You might even have fun. This book teaches you everything you need to know to implement a full-featured, efficient scripting language. You'll learn both high-level concepts around parsing and semantics and gritty details like bytecode representation and garbage collection. Your brain will light up with new ideas, and your hands will get dirty and calloused. Starting from main(), you will build a language that features rich syntax, dynamic typing, garbage collection, lexical scope, first-class functions, closures, classes, and inheritance. All packed into a few thousand lines of clean, fast code that you thoroughly understand because you wrote each one yourself.

Author : Douglas Thain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798655180260

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Introduction to Compilers and Language Design by Douglas Thain Pdf

A compiler translates a program written in a high level language into a program written in a lower level language. For students of computer science, building a compiler from scratch is a rite of passage: a challenging and fun project that offers insight into many different aspects of computer science, some deeply theoretical, and others highly practical. This book offers a one semester introduction into compiler construction, enabling the reader to build a simple compiler that accepts a C-like language and translates it into working X86 or ARM assembly language. It is most suitable for undergraduate students who have some experience programming in C, and have taken courses in data structures and computer architecture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 1060 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Compilers (Computer programs)
ISBN : 8131759024

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Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools (for VTU) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Aarne Ranta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1848900643

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Implementing Programming Languages by Aarne Ranta Pdf

Implementing a programming language means bridging the gap from the programmer's high-level thinking to the machine's zeros and ones. If this is done in an efficient and reliable way, programmers can concentrate on the actual problems they have to solve, rather than on the details of machines. But understanding the whole chain from languages to machines is still an essential part of the training of any serious programmer. It will result in a more competent programmer, who will moreover be able to develop new languages. A new language is often the best way to solve a problem, and less difficult than it may sound. This book follows a theory-based practical approach, where theoretical models serve as blueprint for actual coding. The reader is guided to build compilers and interpreters in a well-understood and scalable way. The solutions are moreover portable to different implementation languages. Much of the actual code is automatically generated from a grammar of the language, by using the BNF Converter tool. The rest can be written in Haskell or Java, for which the book gives detailed guidance, but with some adaptation also in C, C++, C#, or OCaml, which are supported by the BNF Converter. The main focus of the book is on standard imperative and functional languages: a subset of C++ and a subset of Haskell are the source languages, and Java Virtual Machine is the main target. Simple Intel x86 native code compilation is shown to complete the chain from language to machine. The last chapter leaves the standard paths and explores the space of language design ranging from minimal Turing-complete languages to human-computer interaction in natural language.

Author : Helmut Seidl,Reinhard Wilhelm,Sebastian Hack
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642175480

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Compiler Design by Helmut Seidl,Reinhard Wilhelm,Sebastian Hack Pdf

While compilers for high-level programming languages are large complex software systems, they have particular characteristics that differentiate them from other software systems. Their functionality is almost completely well-defined - ideally there exist complete precise descriptions of the source and target languages. Additional descriptions of the interfaces to the operating system, programming system and programming environment, and to other compilers and libraries are often available. The book deals with the optimization phase of compilers. In this phase, programs are transformed in order to increase their efficiency. To preserve the semantics of the programs in these transformations, the compiler has to meet the associated applicability conditions. These are checked using static analysis of the programs. In this book the authors systematically describe the analysis and transformation of imperative and functional programs. In addition to a detailed description of important efficiency-improving transformations, the book offers a concise introduction to the necessary concepts and methods, namely to operational semantics, lattices, and fixed-point algorithms. This book is intended for students of computer science. The book is supported throughout with examples, exercises and program fragments.

Author : Dick Grune,Kees van Reeuwijk,Henri E. Bal,Ceriel J.H. Jacobs,Koen Langendoen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461446996

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Modern Compiler Design by Dick Grune,Kees van Reeuwijk,Henri E. Bal,Ceriel J.H. Jacobs,Koen Langendoen Pdf

"Modern Compiler Design" makes the topic of compiler design more accessible by focusing on principles and techniques of wide application. By carefully distinguishing between the essential (material that has a high chance of being useful) and the incidental (material that will be of benefit only in exceptional cases) much useful information was packed in this comprehensive volume. The student who has finished this book can expect to understand the workings of and add to a language processor for each of the modern paradigms, and be able to read the literature on how to proceed. The first provides a firm basis, the second potential for growth.

Author : Keith Cooper,Linda Torczon
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0080916619

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Engineering a Compiler by Keith Cooper,Linda Torczon Pdf

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

Author : PRABHU TL
Publisher : NestFame Creations Pvt Ltd.
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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COMPILER DESIGN by PRABHU TL Pdf

Computers are made up of a well-balanced mix of software and hardware. Hardware is nothing more than a piece of mechanical equipment. Hardware is merely a mechanical device whose functions are controlled by a device whose functions are controlled by a suitable software. Compatible software is understood by hardware. Hardware recognises electronic charge instructions, which are the software programming equivalent of binary language. There are only two programming languages in binary. There are just two alphabets in binary: 0 and 1. The hardware uses the alphabets 0 and 1 to instruct. The hardware codes must be encoded in binary format, which is just a series of 1s and 0s, in order to instruct. It would be a challenging sequence of 1s and 0s. It would be a tough and time-consuming operation for computer programmers to write such codes, which is why compilers exist. these kinds of codes We've discovered that any computer system is made up of components. Any computer system, we've learned, is made up of hardware and software. A hardware and software are both understood by the hardware. Humans are unable to grasp the language that the technology understands. As a result, we have developed a language that humans are unable to comprehend. As a result, we build programmes in high-level language, which is simpler for us to grasp and remember. These programmes are intended for us to comprehend and remember. These scripts are then put into a succession of tools and OS components to get the desired code for the machine. This machine is referred to as a Language Processing Machine. Language Processing System is the term for this. System.

Author : Torben Ægidius Mogensen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031118067

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Programming Language Design and Implementation by Torben Ægidius Mogensen Pdf

This textbook is intended as a guide for programming-language designers and users to better help them understand consequences of design decisions. The text aims to provide readers with an overview of the design space for programming languages and how design choices affect implementation. It is not a classical compilers book, as it assumes the reader is familiar with basic compiler implementation techniques; nor is it a traditional comparative programming languages book, because it does not go into depth about any particular language, instead taking examples from a wide variety of programming languages to illustrate design concepts. Readers are assumed to already have done at least a bit of programming in functional, imperative, and object-oriented languages. Topics and features: Provides topic-by-topic coverage of syntax, types, scopes, memory management and more Includes many technical exercises and discussion exercises Inspires readers to think about language design choices, how these interact, and how they can be implemented Covers advanced topics such as formal semantics and limits of computation Suitable for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates, this highly practical and useful textbook/guide will also offer programming language professionals a superb reference and learning toolkit.

Author : Niklaus Wirth
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015037781120

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Compiler Construction by Niklaus Wirth Pdf

A refreshing antidote to heavy theoretical tomes, this book is a concise, practical guide to modern compiler design and construction by an acknowledged master. Readers are taken step-by-step through each stage of compiler design, using the simple yet powerful method of recursive descent to create a compiler for Oberon-0, a subset of the author's Oberon language. A disk provided with the book gives full listings of the Oberon-0 compiler and associated tools. The hands-on, pragmatic approach makes the book equally attractive for project-oriented courses in compiler design and for software engineers wishing to develop their skills in system software.

Author : Andrew W. Appel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107268562

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Modern Compiler Implementation in C by Andrew W. Appel Pdf

This new, expanded textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-coloring register allocation, and runtime systems. It includes good coverage of current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as functional and object-oriented languages, that are missing from most books. In addition, more advanced chapters are now included so that it can be used as the basis for a two-semester or graduate course. The most accepted and successful techniques are described in a concise way, rather than as an exhaustive catalog of every possible variant. Detailed descriptions of the interfaces between modules of a compiler are illustrated with actual C header files. The first part of the book, Fundamentals of Compilation, is suitable for a one-semester first course in compiler design. The second part, Advanced Topics, which includes the advanced chapters, covers the compilation of object-oriented and functional languages, garbage collection, loop optimizations, SSA form, loop scheduling, and optimization for cache-memory hierarchies.

Author : Kenneth C. Louden
Publisher : Course Technology
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Compilers (Computer programs).
ISBN : UCSC:32106015933085

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Compiler Construction by Kenneth C. Louden Pdf

This compiler design and construction text introduces students to the concepts and issues of compiler design, and features a comprehensive, hands-on case study project for constructing an actual, working compiler