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In this chapter the interpretor is transformed into a compiler. The emphasis is put on the construction of an abstract machine, whose language is the target language of the compilation. This chapter ends with the bootstrapping of this compiler.
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Dowek, G., Lévy, JJ. (2011). Compilation. In: Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-076-2_4
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