:Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
{{Short description|Computer science compiler technology textbook}}
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| author = Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman
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| language = English
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| publisher = Pearson Education, Inc
| pub_date = 1986, 2006
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| isbn = 0-201-10088-6
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| congress= QA76.76.C65 A37 1986
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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and ToolsAho, Sethi, Ullman, Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, Addison-Wesley, 1986. {{ISBN|0-201-10088-6}} is a computer science textbook by Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman about compiler construction for programming languages. First published in 1986, it is widely regarded as the classic definitive compiler technology text.{{cite web|url=http://grokcode.com/11/the-top-9-in-a-hackers-bookshelf/ |title=The Top 9 1/2 Books in a Hacker's Bookshelf |accessdate = 23 October 2010}}
It is known as the Dragon Book to generations of computer scientists{{cite book|author1=Alex Martelli|author2=Anna Martelli Ravenscroft|author3=David Ascher|title=Python cookbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Shx_VXS6ioC&pg=PT623|accessdate=21 October 2011|year=2005|publisher=O'Reilly Media |isbn=978-0-596-00797-3|page=587}}{{cite book|author=Ian Stephenson|title=Production rendering: design and implementation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCC5aTR34C4C&pg=PA139|accessdate=21 October 2011|year=2005|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-85233-821-3|page=139}} as its cover depicts a knight and a dragon in battle, a metaphor for conquering complexity. This name can also refer to Aho and Ullman's older Principles of Compiler Design.
First edition
The first edition (1986) is informally called the "red dragon book" to distinguish it from the second edition{{cite book|author=Mad Macz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5OHEW8_gysC&pg=PA219|title=Internet Underground: The Way of the Hacker|date=January 2002|publisher=PageFree Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-1-930252-53-0|page=219|accessdate=21 October 2011}} and from Aho & Ullman's 1977 Principles of Compiler Design sometimes known as the "green dragon book".
Topics covered in the first edition include:
- Compiler structure
- Lexical analysis (including regular expressions and finite automata)
- Syntax analysis (including context-free grammars, LL parsers, bottom-up parsers, and LR parsers)
- Syntax-directed translation
- Type checking (including type conversions and polymorphism)
- Run-time environment (including parameter passing, symbol tables and register allocation)
- Code generation (including intermediate code generation)
- Code optimization
Second edition
Following in the tradition of its two predecessors, the second edition (2006) features a dragon and a knight on its cover, and is informally known as the purple dragon. Monica S. Lam of Stanford University became a co-author with this edition.
The second edition includes several additional topics, including:
- Directed translation
- New data flow analyses
- Parallel machines
- Garbage collection
- New case studies
Updated second edition
In order to cover recent developments and issues, there is an updated second edition from Pearson Education India (4 July 2023), with contributions from Sorav Bansal. This revised and updated edition has new chapters on programming language semantics and undefined behaviour semantics.
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book |title=Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools |title-link=Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools |author-last1=Aho |author-first1=Alfred Vaino |author-link1=Alfred Vaino Aho |author-last2=Lam |author-first2=Monica Sin-Ling |author-link2=Monica Sin-Ling Lam |author-last3=Sethi |author-first3=Ravi |author-link3=Ravi Sethi |author-last4=Ullman |author-first4=Jeffrey David |author-link4=Jeffrey David Ullman |date=2006 |isbn=0-321-48681-1 |edition=2 |publisher=Addison-Wesley |location=Boston, Massachusetts, US |oclc=70775643}} [http://wps.pearsoned.com/aw_aho_compilers_2/0,11227,2663889-,00.html]
External links
- [https://suif.stanford.edu/dragonbook/ Book Website at Stanford with link to Errata]
Category:2006 non-fiction books
Category:Compiler construction
Category:Computer science books