Learning to write a compiler

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1669/learning-to-write-a-compiler?rq=1

Big List of Resources:

• A Nanopass Framework for Compiler Education ¶
• Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation $
• An Incremental Approach to Compiler Construction ¶
• ANTLR 3.x Video Tutorial
• Basics of Compiler Design
• Building a Parrot Compiler
• Compiler Basics
• Compiler Construction $
• Compiler Design and Construction $
• Crafting a Compiler with C $
• Compiler Design in C ¶
• Dragon Book $ — Widely considered "the book" for compiler writing.
• Engineering a Compiler $
• Essentials of Programming Languages
• Flipcode Article Archive (look for "Implementing A Scripting Engine by Jan Niestadt")
• Game Scripting Mastery $
• How to build a virtual machine from scratch in C# ¶
• Implementing Functional Languages
• Implementing Programming Languages (with BNFC)
• Implementing Programming Languages using C# 4.0
• Interpreter pattern (described in Design Patterns $) specifies a way to evaluate sentences in a language
• Language Implementation Patterns: Create Your Own Domain-Specific and General Programming Languages
• Let's Build a Compiler — The PDF ¶ version
• Linkers and Loaders $ (Google Books)
• Lisp in Small Pieces (LiSP) $
• LLVM Tutorial
• Modern Compiler Implementation in ML $ — There is a Java $ and C $ version as well - widely considered a very good book
• Object-Oriented Compiler Construction $
• Parsing Techniques - A Practical Guide
• Project Oberon ¶ - Look at chapter 13
• Programming a Personal Computer $
• Programing Languages: Application and Interpretation
• Rabbit: A Compiler for Scheme¶
• Reflections on Trusting Trust — A quick guide
• Roll Your Own Compiler for the .NET framework — A quick tutorial from MSDN
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
• Types and Programming Languages
• Want to Write a Compiler? - a quick guide
• Writing a Compiler in Ruby Bottom Up

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• ¶ Link to a PDF file
• $ Link to a printed book

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