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Understanding and Writing Compilers

A do-it-yourself guide

  • Textbook
  • © 1979

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Authors:
  1. Richard Bornat

    1. Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 1-4

  3. Modular Organisation of Compilers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-7
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    2. Phases and Passes

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 8-21

    3. Introduction to Translation

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 22-37

    4. Introduction to Syntax Analysis

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 38-55

    5. Lexical Analysis and Loading

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 56-72

  4. Translation and Crucial Code Fragments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-76
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    2. Translating Arithmetic Expressions

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 77-93

    3. Translating Boolean Expressions

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 94-104

    4. Translating Statements and Declarations

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 105-117

    5. Creating and Using the Symbol Table

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 118-135

    6. Accessing an Element of a Data Structure

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 136-152

    7. Code Optimisation

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 153-175

  5. Run-time Support

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 176-179
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    2. Procedure Call and Return

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 180-194

    3. Arguments and Parameters

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 195-209

    4. Environments and Closures

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 210-227

    5. Efficiency, Heaps and Lifetimes

      • Richard Bornat
      Pages 228-247

  6. Parsing Algorithms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 248-252
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK

    Richard Bornat

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding and Writing Compilers

  • Book Subtitle: A do-it-yourself guide

  • Authors: Richard Bornat

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16178-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Richard Bornat 1979

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 396

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

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