Compiler Construction: Principles and Practice

By Kenneth C. Louden

Book Overview

Compiler Construction: Principles and Practice features a comprehensive, hands-on case study project for constructing an actual, working compiler. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534939724
• ISBN13: 9780534939724
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Introduction

I was fortunate enough to use Dr. Louden's text in a compiler theory class several years ago. The text is an excellent introduction to a very challenging concept. I recently thumbed through the text again while selecting old textbooks to donate to the library. I admired how accessible the information remains years after my last compiler theory class. This is one text I remember fondly and will not be donated. The text uses...

Great book on a tough subject

I am studying for an M.S in software construction/engineering and this book was used for a compiler course. This review is written from my perspective as a student required to understand the information. The language: The book is written in a clear and frindly "student"-friendly tone. It is actually like the author understands that I am a student and seeing this subject for the first time. The language is straightforward...

One of the best books

This book is outstanding! The Dragon Book is way overhyped. I have tried again and again to follow the dragon book, and each time I found it too difficult. On the other hand, Louden's book has answered many questions that I had in a clear, concise manner! I love this book! I have also flipped through almost all other compiler/interpreter books on the market in various bookstores, but none of them compare. This is *THE*...

I taught from this book

This is an excellent basic book on compilers. Its strength is its strong practical approach combined with using YACC/LEX technology. It hand holds you through the development of a simple compiler. If I wanted to learn about compilers I would read this first. Its weakness is it is too narrow. There are plenty of features of languages that are not addressed but in passing. Its goal is to get a compiler built. For a compilers...

The best introductory text for compiler design

This is the best introductory compiler design textbook that I ever read. It is not as comprehensive as the old "Dragon Book" but it is the only book that contains a clear, concise and complete presentation of both top down and bottom up parsing algorithms. If you want to know what is the difference between the LR(0) and LR(1) algorithms or why it doesn't exist an LL(0) parser then this is the book for you. It contains many...