Compiler construction is a big field, so it's easy to get lost in the details. If you are mostly interested in principles rather than the most recent tooling,

Compiler construction is a big field, so it's easy to get lost in the details. If you are mostly interested in principles rather than the most recent tooling, there's a course by Wirth that makes it tractable. More here: http://short-sharp.blogspot.ca/2014/08/building-compiler-briefly.html http://short-sharp.blogspot.ca/2014/08/building-compiler-bri...